Category: media

MEDIA HISSY FIT AT AFGHAN NEWS

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| Afghanistan, media

WAR & PEACE INCORPORATED By Sasha Uzunov Australia’s big name journalists who write on defence and national security issues have the double advantage of making a lot of money as well as indirectly influencing government policy but without having to face the electors. However, in recent times certain sections of the media have been chucking […]

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MEDIA END CHEERLEADING OF DEF MINISTER

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| Defence Department, Defence Minister, Joel Fitzgibbon, media, Mike Kelly, Taliban, Tim Holding

MEDIA END CHEERLEADING OF DEFENCE MINISTERby Sasha Uzunov It was a case of the Australian media finally laying down their pom-poms and ending the cheerleading routine in reporting how tough the Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon was in his war with his own Defence Department. What civilians cannot understand is the Defence Department is a universe […]

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VICTORIA CROSS – NEW ERA OF HEROES

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| media, Victoria Cross

photo: Defence Dept http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8431&page=0 Friday, 23 January 2009 VC WINNER HERALDS NEW ERA OF HEROES By Sasha Uzunov The award of the highly prestigious Victoria Cross to SASR Trooper Mark Donaldson for outstanding bravery under fire in Afghanistan is not only significant because it is the first time in forty years since the Vietnam War […]

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