Australian Defence Force should not let the years condemn our veterans

Australian Defence Force personnel, the very instant they graduate, deserve national government recognition of their commitment to duty, service and country. Every single one of our Australian Defence Force personnel, irrespective of corps, role, rank, contractual obligation, posting, hours per week, deserves…

ANZAC Day is about remembering, but more importantly about respect and recognition

Simpson and his Donkey at Gallipoli, May 1915 Jack Simpson Kirkpatrick is well recognised as one of Australia’s most famous, and best-loved military heroes. On the 25th April 1915 he, along with the rest of the Australian and New Zealand contingent landed…

Australian Navy brass need a fleet review to honour loyalty to their own

Australia’s Navy is spending millions on its current recruitment drive on Sydney Harbour that it calls a Fleet Review, complete with fireworks, enemy spy ships and patriotic speeches by pompous VIPs bleating on about representing Australian identity and ideals. Our Navy has…

Navy Veteran’s fight for government recognition to honour fallen mates

Typical bloody government.  You serve your country, somehow manage to survive if you’re lucky, but for the rest of your civilian life the government of the country you defended, won’t even give you the friggen time of day. Royal Australian Navy veteran…

Only Jap memorial for Darwin to be one of a Digger bayoneting a Jap combatant

The Liberals in Darwin want a memorial to “honour the Japanese who died” in their bombing raid on Australian soil in 1942. Surely we can’t be hearing this? Country Liberal Party (CLP) leader and Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, Terry Mills,…

Are we entering the dumbed down cheap century?

We await quality innovative products to appear on Australian shelves from the Asian century. Frankly, we would prefer quality innovative products to appear on Australian shelves from local Australian manufacturers.  ‘Made in Australia’ has so much more a feel-good ring to it…