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If I get enough subscribers, the next printed issue of CONTACT will be number 61 – marking a five-year break from printing.
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How CONTACT plans to print again

22/09/201814/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3593 Views 0 Comments #printCONTACTagain

    Come on CONTACT fans – let’s rally the troops to #printCONTACTagain – please subscribe – and please share this

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CONTACT BLOG SPOT Editor's Blog News 

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15/09/201815/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2821 Views 0 Comments #printCONTACTagain

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CONTACT BLOG SPOT Editor's Blog 

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14/09/201815/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2210 Views 0 Comments #printCONTACTagain

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Australia's Federal Parliament House, Canberra. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian CONTACT BLOG SPOT Editor's Blog News Veterans 

Veterans’ called to exercise collective political clout

13/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8029 Views 1 Comment Plan Political Clout

A former Royal Australian Navy officer and political advisor has launched a non-partisan political campaign aimed at exercising veterans’ political clout

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Printing CONTACT again is not just a 'cool' thing to do – it is the only thing I can think of that will save (and improve) CONTACT in the long term.
CONTACT BLOG SPOT Editor's Blog 

#printCONTACTagain – how it works and why

12/09/201814/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2450 Views 0 Comments #printCONTACTagain

Because of setup costs on a printing press, it costs more than $12,000 to print and distribute 1000 copies of

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CONTACT BLOG SPOT Ian Cavanough 

Chapter 54: The aftermath of the battle of Tan Ru

07/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3513 Views 0 Comments Fun Fear Frivolity, Ian Cavanough

We survive the night without incident – if you can call a constant artillery barrage with shrapnel whizzing through the trees and

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Contact has Australian Warrior Expo tickets to give away
Australian Warrior Expo CONTACT BLOG SPOT Editor's Blog 

Australian Warrior Expo ticket winners are non-axe-murdering grinners

06/09/201812/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8274 Views 0 Comments Australian Warrior Expo

CONTACT has chosen the lucky Australian Warrior Expo ticket-giveaway winners who will get to ask their excellent questions in person

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Does CONTACT's plan to print again have serious holes in it?
CONTACT BLOG SPOT Editor's Blog News 

Does my printing plan have serious holes in it?

03/09/201812/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4207 Views 4 Comments #printCONTACTagain

I am super grateful to the few individuals who have signed up to the CONTACT Patron Army since I announced

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Royal Australian Ministerial faux pas ;-)
CONTACT BLOG SPOT Sir Jeffrey Armiger 

Ministerial faux pas

02/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2830 Views 0 Comments

The above beauty was received by our office from the Minister’s office yesterday. Not that I’ve never made a faux

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CONTACT has a new aim – print magazines. Will you support us?
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CONTACT will be printed again – but when?

02/09/201812/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2816 Views 0 Comments #printCONTACTagain

I’m determined to print CONTACT magazine again. I think the time is right. I think the audience is big enough

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Contact has Australian Warrior Expo tickets to give away
Australian Australian Warrior Expo CONTACT BLOG SPOT Editor's Blog News What's on... 

AWE2018 ticket giveaway

25/08/201829/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4561 Views 3 Comments Australian Warrior Expo

If you don’t know that CONTACT is an Official Media Partner to the Australian Warrior Expo, then you must have

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Ian Cavanough's book Fun, Fear, Frivolity now available as a paper book.
CONTACT BLOG SPOT Ian Cavanough 

Fun Fear Frivolity – the paperbook – out now

23/08/201823/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3371 Views 0 Comments Fun Fear Frivolity

The long-awaited paper version of Fun, Fear, Frivolity by Ian Cavanough is finally here. Well, not here here – not

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Nearly 1000 officer cadets and midshipmen from the Australian Defence Force Academy show their support to Invictus Games 2018 at University of New South Wales, Canberra. Photo by John Carroll.
CONTACT BLOG SPOT Invictus Games Sir Jeffrey Armiger 

The best laid plans of mice and flag raisers

21/08/201810/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3361 Views 0 Comments Mice and men, Sir Jeffrey Armiger

Last Friday, 17 August, was a well-planned day in the countdown to Invictus Games Sydney. Hundreds of moving parts –

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CONTACT BLOG SPOT Ian Cavanough 

Chapter 53: We sojourn to Tan Ru with 3RAR

10/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4427 Views 0 Comments 3RAR, Tan Ru

It seems 3RAR needed some help, so Alpha Company was placed under operational control of 3RAR’s CO.  The callsign of

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CONTACT magazine – official media partner of Australian Warrior Expo
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Australian Warrior Expo still evolving/growing

10/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2683 Views 1 Comment Australian Warrior Expo, AWE2018

When you have a great idea and get stuck into bringing it together, a lot of evolving and development, mixing

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ADF Australian CONTACT BLOG SPOT Editor's Blog News 

Use and abuse of gender-neutral language

06/08/201810/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5411 Views 0 Comments

From time to time, CONTACT receives statements from Defence seeking to ‘correct the record’ after a journalist reported something Defence

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CONTACT BLOG SPOT Sir Jeffrey Armiger 

A minister with little to say ;-)

06/08/201806/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2614 Views 0 Comments

The screen-grab above is the substance of a press release received by CONTACT this morning – obviously from a minister

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New member welcomed to the CONTACT Patron Army – Global Guardians Volunteering
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Delighted to welcome first advertiser to the CONTACT Patron Army

31/07/201831/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3215 Views 0 Comments CONTACT Patron Army, Global Guardians Volunteering

CONTACT has finally convinced an advertiser to join the CONTACT Patron Army! It’s taken a while – about six months

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CONTACT BLOG SPOT Tall Tale or True 

RAAF not allowed to fire ‘blank’ torpedos at US subs

31/07/201831/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4592 Views 0 Comments Orion

Following our editorial “RAAF caught firing blanks at live-fire range practice“, CONTACT fan John Clarkson was prompted to tell us

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CONTACT BLOG SPOT Ian Cavanough 

Chapter 52: I lied to my mates!

28/07/201828/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6246 Views 1 Comment Vung Tau

I know you are going to find this hard to believe, but I lied to my mates. I didn’t mean

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