Up here we are pretty chuffed the Member for Herbert, Phillip Thompson, a returned veteran in the old definition of that word, is the Opposition’s assistant spokesman for defence. He knows the region is not a given for either side of politics, has worked hard to...
THE die is cast and Australia has a Labor government committed, in opposition at least, to making defence and veterans a priority. It’s early days yet, but there are growing concerns in the wider defence community as to government priorities and appointees’...
JUST when you thought it was safe to leave the bunker, someone called an election. This column tries to focus on defence, though Australia’s future defence is critically dependent on who controls the treasury benches come June. Whoever has their hands on...
PARDON me for wondering, but when was the ABC added to the ADF order of battle to act as moral conscience under the Defence Force Discipline Act? More than moral conscience, for that role rightly falls to the padres and good leaders. Increasingly it seems...
There’s one thing Russia’s rulers can’t tolerate. It is those who challenge their self-assumed total authority. If there’s one thing history has demonstrated about Russia’s behaviour it is that they will ruthlessly eliminate those who do. READ MORE
Developing regional tensions should concern Australians as much as events in Ukraine. READ MORE
There’s nothing like the whiff of distant grapeshot to energise Australia’s plethora of armchair military strategists. Military professionals, on the other hand, spend an inordinate time pondering where strategy ends and tactics begin. Australia, in its short history,...
Russia’s criminal despot pushes the world to the brink, playing an unpredictable, dangerous game. Plenty of questions as Stalin’s successor wages war
ELEPHANTS have the longest gestation period of all mammals, 18 to 22 months before giving birth. Actually, making an elephant is a relativity simple process. Two elephants, one male one female, have a eureka moment and, after a bit of preliminary discussion,...
I have been unreasonably banned and am at a loss what to do…? READ MORE