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Top of mind matters for the RAAC (at this time)

14/09/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 77 Views 0 Comments

Can things get any worse?  Will there be some good news soon?  It’s been said that one makes one’s own

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DVA failing everyone who touches it

14/09/202614/09/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 113 Views 0 Comments

Dear Editor, DVA’s problems are not just about veterans struggling with the system. Staff describe burnout and relentless process change.

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Labor can sack Keogh without sacking Keogh

12/09/202612/09/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 221 Views 0 Comments

Dear Editor, Veterans Minister Matt Keogh should be sacked. But veterans need to understand what ‘sacked’ may look like inside

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Dream World: How to address the wrongs done to the RAAC

11/09/202611/09/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 174 Views 0 Comments

For attention: RAAC Head of Corps; RAAC Representative Honorary Colonel; and, Honorary Colonel 1st Armoured Regiment.cc: Chief of Army Gentlemen,

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Thoughts on what the future holds for the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC)

07/09/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 255 Views 0 Comments

How did the RAAC become the senior Corps in the Army?  Furthermore, is this status deserved?   It’s amazing what

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Letter to Lieutenant General Coyle in her previous capacity 

04/09/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 366 Views 0 Comments

Lieutenant General Susan Coyle, AM, CSC, DSMChief of Joint Capabilities, Russell Offices, CANBERRA, ACT, 2600. Dear Lieutenant General Coyle, Please accept

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Is Minister Keogh backpedaling on ‘the cap’?

02/09/202602/09/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 617 Views 0 Comments Allied health cap

It seems Minister for Veteran’s Affairs Matt Keogh did a backpedal on the allied health-care cap announced in this year’s

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Loyalty, Duty, Integrity, Honour and Courage

31/08/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 383 Views 0 Comments

Deals have been done and now the mess that’s been left behind … has to be cleaned up! When the

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Soldiers from 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, watch on as an M1A1 Abrams main battle tank fires in support during Exercise Diamond Run 2017. Photo by Captain Anna-Lise Brink.
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Winning the next war – how do we do it?

28/08/202628/08/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 348 Views 0 Comments

“When you’re static, your intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance drones find the enemy really easily. And if you can find the

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Open Letter to Minister Keogh

25/08/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 551 Views 0 Comments

Joint position of 10 veteran service organisations on the proposed $5000 Annual Monetary Limit on allied health services Dear Minister

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Australian Army personnel from the 1st Armoured Regiment trial advanced manufacturing during Exercise Black Prince 3, operating from a heavy stores module converted to a deployable advanced manufacturing shelter, at Cultana Training Area, South Australia. Photo by Michael Guo.
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1st Armoured Regiment’s heritage – why it’s important it not be forgotten

24/08/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 268 Views 0 Comments

A unit’s heritage is that which creates the esprit-de-corps on which morale is based.  It is this, in turn, which

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Albanese Owns the Matt Keogh Problem

22/08/202622/08/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 593 Views 1 Comment

Dear Editor, Matt Keogh admitted he “got it wrong” when he initially refused to meet veterans and clinicians opposing Labor’s

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Australian Army and Indonesian National Armed Forces soldiers, supported by an M1A1 Abrams tank, conduct a combined joint-force entry operation as part of Exercise Keris Woomera at Banongan Beach, Indonesia. Photo by Leading Seaman Rikki-Lea Phillips.
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The campaign to reinstate 1st Armoured Regiment’s combat status

21/08/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7696 Views 7 Comments

What more can be done? More than 120 letters have been published in CONTACT thus far.  One received more than

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An Australian Army Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tank during a live-fire serial as part of a qualification course for Royal Australian Armoured Corps soldiers at Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria. Photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
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Where does this leave the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC)?

19/08/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 294 Views 0 Comments

If no action is to be taken by the RAAC’s leaders … the future is bleak, indeed!  What needs to

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“1 Armd Regt” muddies future for Corps

16/08/202616/08/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 370 Views 0 Comments

Now that 1st Armoured Regiment no longer has an RAAC role, and 2nd Cavalry Regiment comprises a dual role unit

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An epistle according to the Royal Australian Armoured Corps

11/08/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 407 Views 0 Comments

Google advises that: “An epistle is a formal, elegant, or long letter. With a capital ‘E’, it refers to the

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A Leopard C2 tank from Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) on patrol in Afghanistan. Official Canadian Armed Forces photo (via DVIDS).
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Has Chief of Army decided yet what the future holds for 1st Armoured Regiment?

08/08/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 361 Views 0 Comments

“The experiences of the Canadians and the Danes in their employment of tanks in Afghanistan highlight the impressive effectiveness of

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Will the new Chief of Army reinstate 1st Armoured Regiment to its combat role?

04/08/202604/08/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 509 Views 0 Comments

Will the new CA reinstate 1 Armd Regt to its combat role in memory of the tank crewmen whose lives

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Veterans Count needs a little push

01/08/202602/08/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 333 Views 0 Comments

Dear Veterans Count supporter, Can you help start the count in another electorate? Some federal electorates still have no Veterans

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The unjust treatment of 1st Armoured Regiment: Who should apologise?

01/08/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 327 Views 0 Comments

Before any apology, there must be an acceptance of responsibility.  This, in turn, requires an understanding of the wrong-doing involved

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