The Australian Defence Force & Islam
On Sunday, 9 March 2014, I was given the opportunity present at the First International Symposium on Liberty and Islam in Australia. This was a great conference and the Q Society deserves credit for the work put in to organising a very professional event. Below is the full text of my speech. ***** Thank you. First up I would like to thank the Q-Society for organising this important event. It has been fantastic to meet with so many...
Equal opportunity harassment
Over the Christmas period came the news that a female submariner had been kicked off her boat for groping and sexually harassing another sailor. Another female sailor. This is proof that Defence has finally made it into the new age world. Some might call it a wonderful achievement but I do not. The radicals should be cheering. Defence is no longer a bastion of masculinity in which some Neanderthal-like men occasionally overstep the...
Afghanistan: Home by Christmas but the war goes on
Australian forces will soon return from Afghanistan and the Diggers will be home for Christmas. But the war is not over. The efforts, sacrifices and work done by thousands of Australian soldiers is now perched at the edge of a precipice. On one side waits the Taliban, ready to return to power. On the other side sits poppy-field chaos. And growing out of the precipice is a thin beanstalk, leading upwards to sunlit pastures and...
Gaying the Army
It’s embarrassing. It’s divisive. It’s a disgrace. And it’s a complete waste of your tax dollars. The Department of Defence has today shown exactly how hypocritical it is. On the one hand it’s complaining that it doesn’t get its hands on enough of the taxpayer dollar. And on the other, it’s producing rainbow-encrusted cuff-links for homosexual soldiers. And they are issued free of charge, even though they are not part of any uniform...
