25 Jan Ethics & Religion The faithless in foxholes 26/01/2023 By Noel Turnbull 0 comments There is an old saying – there are no atheists in foxholes. In reality, modern soldiers are unlikely to be in a foxhole. But, if they w...Continue reading
03 Jan Law & Politics Sing a song of sunshine – and beware 18/01/2023 By Geoffrey Barker 0 comments Functions at Government House in Canberra these days are likely to end with a demand from Mrs Linda Hurley, wife of the Governor-Genera...Continue reading
13 Dec Ethics & Religion, Feature series Christ’s commanders 18/01/2023 By Si Gladman 0 comments This article is the third in a series on religion in the Australian Defence Force. Read the first article here. Read the seco...Continue reading
24 Nov Ethics & Religion, Feature series Losing faith in Defence chaplaincy 28/11/2022 By Si Gladman 0 comments This article is the second in a series on religion in the Australian Defence Force. Read the first article here. During the G...Continue reading
16 Nov Ethics & Religion, Feature series The committee of clerics lording it over Defence 16/11/2022 By Si Gladman 0 comments This article is the first in a series on religion in the Australian Defence Force. Every three months, Australian taxpayers pay to s...Continue reading
27 Oct Ethics & Religion In the Defence Force, religion is a barrier to care – and it shouldn’t be 27/10/2022 By Collin Acton 0 comments In February 2018, as head of the Royal Australian Navy’s Chaplaincy Branch I attended an international Chiefs of Chaplains conference i...Continue reading
13 Sep Ethics & Religion Proselytising through military doctrine 13/09/2022 By Phillip Hoglin 0 comments To the casual observer, the inclusion of religious concepts in the Australian Army’s warfighting doctrine would seem to be a poor fit. ...Continue reading
09 May Ethics & Religion Anzac Day: Religious services are turning veterans away 15/07/2022 By Phillip Hoglin 0 comments I didn’t attend the Anzac dawn service this year. In truth, I have not attended a dawn service for over a decade, instead preferring a ...Continue reading
25 Apr Science & Health Religious chaplaincy is failing the Defence Force 15/07/2022 By Phillip Hoglin 0 comments While the nation takes stock to remember our Anzacs this week, we need to take a moment to think about how we can better support the cu...Continue reading
05 Jul History My time: The experiences of an ordinary soldier in Papua New Guinea 04/08/2022 By Stephen Mooney 0 comments The overwhelming majority of Australians who have served in war zones have been volunteers. However, during the Vietnam war, 63,735 mal...Continue reading