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Australian Army soldier Private Claude Allan from 2nd/17th Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment, guides returning passengers to their hotel rooms in Sydney, as part of the government’s COVID-19 response. Photo by Corporal Chris Beerens.

Minister forgot to tell Defence about Op COVID-19 Assist

01/04/202001/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3951 Views 3 Comments COVID-19

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.

Australian and international participants at AASAM 2013. Photo by Sergeant John Waddell.

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Has AASAM international component been cancelled?

12/03/202014/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3153 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Defence today issued a press release talking up AASAM20 scheduled to start tomorrow at Greenbank in Brisbane – with no international component mentioned.

Composite SEEK/DFR recruitment ad for Administration Assistant (Female). Digitally altered by CONTACT.

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Defence under fire – again – for sexist recruitment ads

11/03/202011/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7883 Views 4 Comments

Defence is under fire – again – for blatant sexism in recruitment advertising, nominating “Female Opportunity” as a precondition of application.

An image capture from the Australian War Memorial's grand expansion-plans video, showing an RAAF F/A-18A on prominent display.

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Australian F/A-18 history/heritage – SOLD

06/03/202026/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5527 Views 1 Comment

Maybe you just can’t trust a politician’s promise until you actually see an F/A-18 spiked atop a pole with said politician getting his/her photo taken.

A No. 77 Squadron F/A-18A Hornet taxis at Andersen Air Force Base during Exercise Cope North 20 in Guam. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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RAAF sells remaining F/A-18s to US military contractor

05/03/202026/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6448 Views 0 Comments

Defence has sold “up to 46” soon-to-be retired RAAF F/A-18 ‘classic’ Hornets to a commercial air combat training company in America.

Artist impression of the Osborne South Naval Shipbuilding Precinct. Defence image.

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When minister thinks she done good on radio

02/03/202002/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2704 Views 0 Comments

Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price did a series of radio interviews this morning, trying to gee up the idea

[Then] Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel Darren Chester in front of a recently delivered Pilatus PC-21 at RAAF Base East Sale. Photo by Corporal Dan Pinhorn.

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Darren Chester gets new old portfolios

22/02/202022/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3533 Views 1 Comment

Not that it matters a whole lot – but just for the record – Darren Chester is now known as

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I’m confused by ministerial press releases – again!

17/02/202017/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2839 Views 0 Comments Rheinmetall Boxer CRV

In November 2018, two ministers announced a sod-turning Today, two new ministers claim their government is handing over the building to its owner.

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Defence optics suddenly warped by real-life bushfire task

12/01/202012/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2272 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Australian and New Zealand Army engineer support teams have begun the gruesome and inevitable task of collecting and burying dead

MQ-9B SkyGuardian seen flying into a pretty sunset with, to the relief of many RAAF officers, not a single weapon in sight. Photo credited to Business Wire, from the General Atomics web site.

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RAAF’s secret selection criteria for new drone revealed

05/12/201915/12/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4892 Views 1 Comment

CAPTION: MQ-9B SkyGuardian seen flying into a pretty sunset with, to the relief of many RAAF officers, not a single

Defence image digital altered by CONTACT

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STOP PRESS – RAAF C-130J armed with lasers!!!

04/12/201914/12/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3993 Views 1 Comment

Defence image digital altered by CONTACT Yes – that headline is click bait. So sue me 😉 But wait

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Did PM make Clayton’s announcement on ‘new’ Middle East mission?

21/08/201927/08/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4034 Views 0 Comments

This morning, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, supported by Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds made an announcement

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Chester fudging figures on MyService

21/06/201923/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4950 Views 4 Comments

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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Defence PR – Breaking news? or Breaking trust!

14/06/201914/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2954 Views 0 Comments

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

05/06/201905/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5355 Views 9 Comments

. Much was said about three Chinese warships that sailed into Sydney Harbour this week – and most of what

One of the contenders in the original Project LAND 17 Paseos 2 competition, at Avalon Airshow, 2007. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

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Did the PM shoot Caretaker Conventions in the head?

15/05/201903/09/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5032 Views 0 Comments

After the House of Reps is dissolved and until the result of an election is known, government enters a ‘caretaker

An MQ-4C Triton arrives at Naval Base Ventura County, California, after a flight from Palmdale that was remotely controlled from NAS Pax River. US Navy photo by Public Affairs Specialist Theresa Miller.

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Minister gets aircraft name wrong in new announcement

29/03/201929/03/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3067 Views 0 Comments

In June last year, CONTACT ran a story under the headline “Australia commits to Triton – confusion over cost” – so

A Royal Australian Air Force PC-9 aircraft trails a new PC-21 aircraft with new Roulettes colour scheme. Photo by Flight Lieutenant Daniel Armstrong.

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Roulettes get new colour scheme for airplane they don’t even fly yet

07/11/201814/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4839 Views 0 Comments Roulettes

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

02/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2816 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

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.

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The best laid plans of mice and flag raisers

21/08/201810/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3345 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 –