Month: February 2017
ADSO Update 1/2017 – Enough is Enough: Its Time for a Changed Direction
This ADSO Update reviews the Government's 2016 performance to our veterans' policy objectives and advises our change to a more direct engagement with all political parties. Be part of our future success: Join Now READ MORE ...
The Power of Dreams
The Power of Dreams For soldiers at war, dreams are a powerful way to escape the reality of danger, death and misery which continually linger at their side. There are dreams they share with each other and some they do not. The odds are that their visions are of...
Echoes of Conflict – Vietnam A Musical Reflection
"echoes of conflict" is a musical reflection on the events surrounding many young Australians during the tumultuous years of the Vietnam War. The piece musically depicts a situation where young soldiers, many of whom were conscripted and full of apprehension and...
ALP Media Release – Minister Fails Defence Community on Mefloquine
Last year the Government said it sought to relieve the concerns of many in the ADF and ex-service community of the anti-malarial drug, Mefloquine. Their ability to deliver on this has been underwhelming. READ MORE
My Tough Father and Spoilt Me
My Tough Father and Spoilt Me My dad lived in the rugged outback a long time ago Where cruel drought was followed by rivers in flooded flow His kitchen was a campfire with dampers in coals still red A rocky mattress on hard ground softened by grass for a bed His...
Vale – Lady Margaret Olive Bennett
Lady Margaret Olive Bennett. In loving memory Passed away peacefully at home on Friday, 17 February 2017. Loving wife to General Sir Phillip Bennett, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother of Michael, Sue, Jane, Chris, Steve, Anneleen, Georgie, Michael, Sam, Anna,...
Proud Memories – The Battle of Bribie – Vietnam. 17-18 February 1967
During the Vietnam War there were many bloody battles involving Australian troops. One such battle occurred in Operation Bribie (named after Bribie Island in Qld) during which diggers encountered a well dug enemy of significant strength. History records that...
Opinion – Diversity on the March
Written by Ross Eastgate Sydney’s Mardi Gras parade is on Saturday, March 4. It's a date for your diaries, though you had better be quick if you want to reserve a place. In the interests of maintaining the mutually co-operative relationship between the Bulletin and...
DVACS Results in full (2016)
Thanks to everyone who completed the DVACS 2016. I have included open ended responses so everyone can read the comments in full. Please share far and wide on Facebook. I look forward to opening up a new survey at the end of the year and promise to make it shorter...
