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Though it tries to maintain the rhetoric, Australia’s 2013 Defence White Paper appears to signal a strategic withdrawal from our middle-power status, argues Murray Hunter.
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AUSTRALIA’S...
7 May, 2013 8:20 am / 20 comments
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Why did the mayor of Blacktown Council grievously insult veterans on ANZAC Day? Peter Wicks reports on a shameful piece of party politicking on our important national day.
IT IS A SHAME to have to write an article such as this regarding...
27 April, 2013 12:45 pm / 51 comments
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On ANZAC Day, Peter Wicks takes a look at a terrific organisation that’s helping returned service personnel deal with post-traumatic stress and helps smooth their path back to civilian life.
ANZAC DAY means different things to different...
25 April, 2013 2:54 pm / 18 comments
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The Anzac Day tradition is powerfully strong in schools all around Australia, says history editor and school history teacher Dr Glenn Davies, who takes us through a typical ceremony.
IN THE PAST few days, there have been school Anzac...
25 April, 2013 1:27 pm / 8 comments
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A poem by an ANZAC comrade, WR Whiteside, written at Whakatane in New Zealand, 3 April 1947.
Of memories … forever dear
Trysting place of loving hearts
Of yesterdays … drawn near;
Of long remembered faces
Dimly thro the Veil...
25 April, 2013 1:59 am / 8 comments
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Lest we forget. Our nations’ victories were paved with a multitide of mens’ blood and sweat and sacrifice. Gee presents a personal tribute to our nation’s warriors.
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25 April, 2013 1:47 am / 6 comments
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Richard Cooke takes time out from penning comedy like The Checkout to explain why rightwingers love of violence made him change from young a conservative to (slightly older) leftie.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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24 April, 2013 8:21 am / 23 comments
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With John Kerry flying into Beijing yesterday, and China moving to level One military mobilisation for the first time in years, Murray Hunter unpicks what’s really going on in the Korean Peninsula.
Putting on a show: John Kerry with...
16 April, 2013 7:04 pm / 8 comments
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John Howard’s latest lies about the Iraq War remind us of his deep dishonesty and give the Government a new avenue to attack the Opposition, writes deputy editor Sandi Keane.
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10 April, 2013 9:26 am / 103 comments
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Why are the AFP so eager to get Peter Slipper — but not Mal Brough? Ross Jones lifts the lid on Australia’s police / media / conservative political party cartel.
WHAT DO Andrew Bolt and the AFP (Australian Federal Police) have...
5 April, 2013 2:47 pm / 20 comments