Chester fudging figures on MyService
Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel Darren Chester recently put out a press release claiming that more than 75,000 veterans are
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Sir Jeffrey Armiger
Defence PR – Breaking news? or Breaking trust!
This morning, I was giving feedback to a Defence PR officer on some ‘news’ links he sent me to use
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About those Chinese warships in Sydney
. Much was said about three Chinese warships that sailed into Sydney Harbour this week – and most of what
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Did the PM shoot Caretaker Conventions in the head?
After the House of Reps is dissolved and until the result of an election is known, government enters a ‘caretaker
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Minister gets aircraft name wrong in new announcement
In June last year, CONTACT ran a story under the headline “Australia commits to Triton – confusion over cost” – so
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Roulettes get new colour scheme for airplane they don’t even fly yet
How can you make a song and dance and host a PR pony show to announce a new paint scheme for
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Ministerial faux pas
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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The best laid plans of mice and flag raisers
Last Friday, 17 August, was a well-planned day in the countdown to Invictus Games Sydney. Hundreds of moving parts –
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A minister with little to say ;-)
The screen-grab above is the substance of a press release received by CONTACT this morning – obviously from a minister
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RAAF caught shooting blanks at a live-fire range practice!!!
“Where’s the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom,” is a familiar question to older cartoon lovers. It
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Expensive, long-winded trial to study what should be CDF
No one – even Veterans’ Affairs Minister Darren Chester – argues that Therapy Dogs wouldn’t be of benefit to veterans suffering
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Is Australia conducting a ‘secret’ war on terrorism?
It turns out Operation Augury is not what we here at CONTACT thought it was – an urban-ops training mission
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Someone in Defence can’t count ;-)
The offical and officially cleared caption on this photo says… Royal Australian Navy AS 350BA Squirrel Helicopters from 723 Squadron
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High hopes for Invictus Games coverage dashed
CONTACT had high hopes that this year’s Invictus Games coverage would be big, reliable and worthy of passing on to
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Defence doesn’t know where HMAS Adelaide is
On Friday of last week, Defence published video and photos of HMAS Adelaide in Dili Harbour – all dated 20
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Two pedants draw sabres over spelling of saber
Exchanges such as this really do tickle my fancy…. G’ day Brian. Cheers for the Contact Magazine link –
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“2RAR will cease to exist as a light-infantry battalion”
While some in Army would prefer to put it a little less indelicately, a senior army officer recently told CONTACT
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I believe reports Army is discriminating against male recruitment
More troubling reporting in mainstream media today suggests that the Australian Army has instructed recruiters to stop recruiting males and
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LHDs incapable of delivering tanks to shore
There were worrisome reports in the media yesterday saying the landing craft on the Royal Australian Navy’s Landing Helicopter Dock ships,
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Did DPM infer Aussie soldiers were evil murderers?
Have you ever seen an ageing gentleman of good upbringing turn purple, with steam coming out of his ears? You
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