Interviewed by SBS
I was interviewed in February by an SBS News reporter in the CONTACT office. We discussed my history, coming home
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You ‘must’ register with DVA to get Veteran Lapel Pin
CONTACT received numerous questions from our audience after publishing this story on the New Veterans Covenant and Lapel Pin. Sanitised
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A problem I found with GoPro Hero 7 – and how I work around it
Last week I bought a new GoPro Hero 7 – and straight away discovered an issue I didn’t expect. As
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GoPro Hero 7 side-by-side shootout with Hero 5
This is my side-by-side video-shooting comparison between the new GoPro Hero 7 and my two-year-old Hero 5 (I never bought
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Audience questions re new cards/pins not answered by DVA
On 23 January, CONTACT published a story – Veterans’ Covenant and card coming soon – which gained a lot of
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Plan update + petting stingrays
What do you do around lunch time when you’re a professional pro-crastinator? Go find some stingrays to pat, of course.
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RIP Dave Stafford Finney – 3 February 2019
Dave Stafford Finney, a recently retired Royal Australian Navy Petty Officer – is how he described himself when he allowed
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Quick trip to Canberra to meet Deputy Chief of Army
I made a quick trip to Canberra to meet Australia’s new Deputy Chief of Army Major General Tony Rawlins and
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Cryptic clue and chat about new CONTACT grand plan
I’m still trying to get my head settled on the new grand plan for CONTACT. And, while it’s now a
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How gender bias in recruiting can hurt an individual (male)
A very sad and frustrating case of apparent gender discrimination in Defence Force Recruiting has been brought to my attention.
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Do we have a right to know when a soldiers dies on the job?
Not long ago, the Department of Defence used to proactively inform the Australia public when a serious accident occurred on Defence
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Why deliberately crashing my drone was a fitting end to 2018
I deliberately crashed My Mavic Pro drone into a bush (softest, driest option at the time) to prevent it crashing into
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2018 – What a year for CONTACT!
2018 was a huge year for CONTACT, full of ups and downs – but mostly ups. There was some amazing
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Chapter 59: Australia!
So there we were cruisin’ the high seas. The boys from GHQ put out a newsletter telling us the latest
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Official announcement – CONTACT will not be printed next year
. I have bad news and good news… The bad news is, I have already decided – no, actually, the audience
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Chapter 58: ‘The Sydney’
‘The Sydney’ refers to HMAS Sydney, an Australian aircraft carrier which was used to ferry Australian troops and equipment to
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Australian Warrior Expo – good enough to do it all again – soon
The first Australian Warrior Expo came and went in October – now we’re looking forward to the second instalment –
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Armour in the Australian Army: Is There Something Wrong? Part 5
A couple of points from previous parts: (i) I understand that the amphibious battalion in Townsville is actually under the
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Millions of $-worth of new clothing in $9 auction could have gone to Cadets
Hundreds-of-thousands of items of military clothing went under the virtual hammer in what seemed to be a wasteful Army warehouse
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Armour in the Australian Army: Is There Something Wrong? Part 4
Does it not seem strange that the Australian Army’s most expensive equipment procurement project ever – $15billion worth – is
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