This article appeared in the Editorial of The Sydney Saturday Telegraph 22 October 2022 RCB-This-Must-be-Fixed-Download
RCB: An Injustice that must be fixed
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Ted Chitham
Courier Mail article – War They Tried to Keep Secret
At last a national media organisation, News Limited media's Charles Miranda, has exposed publicly in the Courier Mail and the Townsville Bulletin the facts of the Australian Army's Rifle Company Butterworth deployments (1970-1989) to protect the RAAF assets...
War memorial caught in the crossfire
With three explosive sentences, Australian War Memorial Council chairman Brendan Nelson has unleashed a fierce culture war over how best to exhibit the history of frontier violence. READ MORE After reading the article you may want to consider the petition organised...
URGENT REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
The Australian newspaper is doing a follow up story on the DHAAT inquiry this weekend. They want a photo for the story, preferably of a group of us RCB veterans. The photo shoot will be done at Ray Fulcher's house in Wulguru, Townsville. Date and time to be confirmed...
RCB Update 14 September 2022 – DHAAT
Further to our last Update I can report that the Tribunal is nearing the Hearing date. You can see The Tribunal’s terms of reference here and submissions to date here. Of specific interest is the Defence Submission dated 6 July Submission 096 – Chief of the...
RU OK? Day – Thursday 8th September
It’s our national day of action when we remind Australians that every day is the day to ask, ‘are you OK?’ and start a meaningful conversation whenever they spot the signs that someone they care about might be struggling with life. R U OK? has released...
Comparison: Peacetime and Warlike Service
Defence allege repeatedly that RCB was peacetime training. Here is an image of peacetime training. 9RQR soldiers engaged in "counter terrorism training" patrolling the perimeter of the Country Bank Stadium in Townsville as part of Exercise Austral. Note the...
DHAAT: RCB Inquiry Submissions Now Online
"As you may have seen, in the last week we published submissions to the RCB inquiry, where the submitter provided consent to make those submissions publicly available, at the below link to our website: Submissions - Inquiry into recognition for service with Rifle...
ADSO Welcomes the Commission’s Interim Report into Defence and Veteran Suicide
The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide is focused on the identification of systemic problems and solutions to suicide and suicidality among serving and ex-serving ADF members. It is vitally important to our Defence Family’s wellbeing. The Alliance of...
Suicide Royal Commission’s Interim Report – an Address from the Chair
Interim Report - an address from the Chair Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide Chair, Nick Kaldas APM, provides an important update on the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide Interim Report (interim report) after it was tabled in Parliament...