Is the Veterans’ Covenant MIA?
Formally introduced in November 2019, the Veterans’ Covenant promised to be a practical demonstration of respect and recognition for veterans’
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Sir Jeffrey Armiger
Chinese intelligence ship doing nothing worth reporting off WA
Defence announced today it is aware of a People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) intelligence collection vessel operating off the north-west shelf
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Why did Defence launch two new boats with no names?
The second of six evolved Cape-class patrol boats was launched last week by Assistant Minister for Defence Andrew Hastie at the
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Navy Shipbuilding Plan sunk
Defence’s Navy Shipbuilding Plan has disappeared – and no one thought to check. In a press release issued today (on
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Guess who? – Guess why? – Mr Holmes?
The following statement was issued by the most senior Public Servant in Defence today – but with zero preamble, zero
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All-weather-aircraft training cancelled because of weather
The F-35A Lightning II aircraft diversion training into Canberra Airport planned to occur at approximately 2pm today has been cancelled.
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“Defence News” – a new oxymoron / Wedgetail’s 50-day flight from Middle East
ADF reported on 29 Oct that an “E-7A Wedgetail and support personnel have [present tense] returned to Australia”. They left 50 days ago!
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DVA survey ‘about veteran needs’ miss named
Veterans and their families were being asked to provide their views on how the ex-service community is consulted and engaged, and how this can be improved.
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What ‘new’ Defence Strategy?
I hear a lot of woohoo and excitement about a new 2020 Defence Strategic Update and Force Structure Plan –
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COVID-19 spike hits Defence over long weekend
Defence was hit by a relatively large spike of new and unexplained confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend.
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Has Defence found a miracle cure for COVID-19?
The Australian Defence Force has posted updated figures for its COVID-19 case-load that perhaps points to some sort of miracle cure.
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Defence really don’t know how many COVID-19 cases they have
Defence really doesn’t know what’s going on with its COVID-19 stats – adding new ‘confirmed’ cases on Saturday only to (sort of) subtract them on Monday.
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When Defence puppets mouth government politics
When Defence runs party-political propaganda, CONTACT leaves it as is, to highlight how far the politicians’ fists are up the Defence-puppets’ backsides.
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Defence playing fast and loose with COVID-19 figures
On its laughingly titled ‘Latest updates’ page, clearly marked Friday 1 May 2020, Defence increased its COVID-19 tally twice over the weekend.
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Defence plays sillybuggers with COVID-19 stats
Defence officially update today that it is currently managing 33 cases of COVID-19 in the locations illustrated above – while the map only adds up to 28.
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Why did Defence ignore aborted flight to Vanuatu?
A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster flew to Vanuatu twice in recent days with a single load of humanitarian
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Is Navy back-flipping on recent sea boat contract?
A story on Defence’s news site today caught our eye – Call-out to industry on sea boat capabilities – in
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Delivering all your ‘current and relevant’ news
. . news a noun newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent events . . . “…is taking a
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Minister forgot to tell Defence about Op COVID-19 Assist
Defence’s COVID-19 daily update issued at 9am this morning makes no mention of Operation COVID-19 Assist announced by the minister some three hours earlier.
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Has AASAM international component been cancelled?
Defence today issued a press release talking up AASAM20 scheduled to start tomorrow at Greenbank in Brisbane – with no international component mentioned.
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