Every family has one, the curmudgeonly old relative who broods annoyingly in the background – except for special family occasions…

William Shakespeare captured literature’s most famous feud – the Capulets vs the Montagues – with the immortal line, ‘What’s in…

In 1951, British futurist Arthur C Clarke wrote a short story envisaging a journey into space which evolved into the…

It’s ironic that a federal minister should again promote alcoholic abstinence as a cure for whatever allegedly ails (or should…

Dear Sir/Madam/Whomever it may concern, I write as, until now, a life-long communicant of the Church of England, or whatever…

Prussian soldier strategist Carl von Clausewitz is best remembered for his statement, “War is the continuation of political intercourse with…

I hold no brief for P Hanson who is a vacuous, shallow opportunist. Neither do I know Jessica Rowe who,…

Defence Minister Peter Dutton has never shirked from hard decisions, and for the first time in some years a minister…

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has long signalled he was open to ending a ban on nuclear power in Australia. He…

The last Australians to stand up to bullying by the United States were World War I General John Monash and…

In signals intelligence the term “look through” describes the tactic of penetrating deliberate noise and interference to reveal the real…

On August 18, 1971 then prime minister William McMahon announced the final withdrawal of Australian combat troops from Vietnam. It…

There are multiple historic examples why the nation known variously as Afghanistan has been termed “the graveyard of empires”. This…

ITEM: The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, Saturday, July 3 2021: The Australian Defence Force has turned to some of the world’s…

As the inimitable Sir Humphrey Appleby once opined, “Minister, two basic rules of government: Never look into anything you don’t…

The extended ADF community has possibly never been so divided against itself as it is right now. The ADF’s current…

Just to Australia’s north across a contiguous border, tens of thousands of Papua New Guineans are at constant risk from…

There are times when a battle needs to be fought and mates need to stand up and be counted. Many…

Barring further acts of political cowardice, Australians will commemorate Anzac Day 2021 as they have done for almost 106 years.…

Central to the Special Air Service badge is a dagger, surmounted by wings. It was inspired by SAS founder Colonel…

MEMO: Foreign Minister Marise Payne, cc Defence Minister Linda Reynolds. Ministers, in a long life not always perfectly, although generally,…

In the coming weeks, Australia will mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. It seems only yesterday…

The Federal Government’s National Commission for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention (NCDVSP) is exhibiting all the signs of an impending…

It should come as no surprise ASIO revealed last week it had uncovered a “sleeper agent” running a spy ring.…

Ivan Coronel Hains died “suddenly” in Sydney on April 18, 1952, aged 61. A medical doctor, he had held senior…