THERE are multiple historic examples why the nation known variously as Afghanistan has been termed “the graveyard of empires”. Now, after 20 years of continuous involvement in the latest failed international intervention in Afghan affairs, Australia has also become...
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Opinion: Ben Roberts-Smith welcomes Royal Commission, slams treatment of veterans
Monday 26th Apr 2021
Australia’s most decorated war hero has delivered a scathing attack on the Australian Defence Force’s top brass for their “disgusting” treatment of veterans and “staggering” lack of direction. Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith said military commanders had run...
Peter Dutton reveals how Australian troops will fight greater threats and uncertainty at home
Sunday 25th Apr 2021
Peter Dutton has revealed the new focus for Australia’s troops that served in the Middle East with more threats on our doorstep including China. Exclusive: Australian Defence Forces will return to “core business” in defending Australia’s interests with uncertain times...
Summary of ASASA National Response to Release of IGADF Report
Tuesday 15th Dec 2020
Close Collaboration with Welfare Coordination Cell- West Nick Coenen and his team have been doing a great job trying to support those impacted by the Inquiry, more recently with 13 Individuals who have been issued with NTSC letters. Initially they were given...
Opinion: Comment on the Afghanistan Allegations
Monday 14th Dec 2020
“I have been following the public debate on the allegations that our soldiers have committed criminal acts whilst deployed on operations in Afghanistan. I feel compelled to take a moment to comment on the Brereton report and its allegations the SAS committed war...
Media Statement – Natural Justice Must Prevail
Tuesday 24th Nov 2020
Now is the time for a considered assessment of the findings of the Inspector General’s Report into alleged serious misconduct by Australia’s Special Forces in Afghanistan. It is an internal ADF Report that now is subject to ADF disciplinary and administrative...
Andrew Hastie – SAS must put honour before glory
Tuesday 24th Nov 2020
‘Grieved’ and ‘shamed’ by the Brereton report, soldier turned federal MP Andrew Hastie says ‘we ignored the true nature of war and sanitised it’. Read this extract from his article printed in The Australian 24th November 2020 “I served in the SAS for the next five...
SAS just wants the truth. We do not have a callous disregard for human life.
Tuesday 17th Nov 2020
For the first time in the history of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment, and after much internal deliberation, a small group of soldiers has made the collective decision to step out from the shadows to remind our country what they are, and what they are not....
‘Army in Motion’ the future of the Australian Army
Monday 16th Nov 2020
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