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Commentators
Warrior Poet – Duty and Consequence
Wednesday 5th Apr 2023
“March the guilty b—s in” was once said with much humour. It referred to a weekly phase of administration in barracks when soldiers charged with a military offence were paraded with armed escort before their Commanding Officer to determine guilt or...
RCB Update – DHAAT Second Hearing 3-4 April 2023
Sunday 2nd Apr 2023
The second hearing for the Tribunal’s inquiry into medallic recognition for service with Rifle Company Butterworth will be held in Brisbane on Monday and Tuesday at the Royal On The Park 152 Alice Street. It will be livestreamed from the Tribunal’s...
Commentary: Australia’s Defence Strategic Review is Albanese’s last chance to save military
Sunday 19th Feb 2023
"History’s a game that’s played for keeps in my sort of work – and it will be in yours. But for most Australians, it’s a dimension of reality that’s only found on TV – don’t you agree? The reason Australia’s half asleep is that it’s outside history. The Japanese...
DHAAT – RCB Update
Monday 30th Jan 2023
Recall the DHAAT Tribunal Hearing video on the 23 November 2022 and the access to all submissions. And note the critical reporting by News Limited media’s Charles Miranda titled ADF defend pretext to war for 9000 veterans and the Channel 9 TV...
Commentary: A leader who ranked among our best
Saturday 21st Jan 2023
AUSTRALIAN General John Monash was that rare combination of entrepreneur, polymath and military strategist who was arguably Australia’s outstanding military leader. Professional engineer, lawyer and part-time soldier, he rose to senior command through service at...
Commentary: Janet Albrechtsen on the Government’s confidential settlement in the Higgins Case and its comparative injustice to injured or disabled military veterans
Sunday 15th Jan 2023
Read the full article here, The following excerpts from that article are specific to her comparative injustice commentary. The process followed by the government, and in particular the Department of Finance, to settle this claim was so outrageously out of line with...
Opinion: I Say, I Say, I Say – Old leadership lessons are still relevant
Saturday 7th Jan 2023
MAJOR Charles McMoran Wilson MC, Silver Medal of Military Valour (Italy), twice MID, knew more than most about soldiers and soldiering. As 1st Bn Royal Fusiliers RMO on the Western Front in World War I, he treated their wounds, observed their reactions to climate and...
RCB Recognition of Service – on TV Channel 9: A Current Affair at 7.00 pm Tuesday 20 December 2022
Monday 19th Dec 2022
The video of the first Hearing of the Defence Honours and Awards Tribunal and the Report of it by Charles Miranda has aroused the Australian public’s interest in this David and Goliath like struggle, now in its 17th year, of the RCB veterans challenge...
RCB: DHAAT Hearing 23 November 2022 – Video
Monday 28th Nov 2022
See the video here Current submissions can be seen here The Tribunal has allowed additional submissions before the next Hearing in early 2023