AUSTRALIA’S enduring relationship with the Malaysian Kingdom, forged through decades of war and peace remains largely unknown and unremarked in our national consciousness. Yet generations of Australian servicemen and women have served there, while thousands gave...
WELCOME TO OUR RECOGNITION OF RCB CAMPAIGN
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In a nutshell our campaign is to have the Rifle Company Butterworth (RCB)’s service recognised as warlike. The Government, despite the facts discovered since its original decision, says its non-warlike service similar to peacetime garrison duty in Australia.
We have provided evidence of a deception that has denied 9,000 Australian troops and their families certain entitlements to repatriation benefits.
In 1970 RCB was deployed to protect the RAAF assets (aircraft, facilities, servicemen and women and their families) at the Air Base Butterworth Malaysia from 1970 to 1989 at the time when Malaysia was fighting its Counter Insurgency War (1968-1989) against the resurgent communist terrorists.
Opinion: Saying no is always the easy way out and path of least resistance
GOOD morning. Welcome to Russell Offices staff indoctrination training for 2021. The most important word you will learn here today is “no”, which should be the standard response to most submissions. Read More Comment: "RCB veterans have have certainly experienced this...
Opinion: Apportioning Blame
The ADF Inspector General’s report was a long time in gestation, and reveals a culture in some ADF personnel that is as bad if not worse than …. While individuals remain responsible for the consequences of their actions, ultimate command responsibility is borne at the...