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Friday essay: ‘War has made me a pacifist’. Why are we so reluctant to acknowledge Australia’s anti-war  veterans?

From the first world war to the invasion of Iraq, left-wing soldiers have questioned our involvement in wars. Yet we rarely hear these dissenting...

24.04.2025 6

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Mia Martin Hobbs

The New Orleans attack and Las Vegas Tesla explosion are examples of the US military’s violent extremism problem

On New Year’s Day, a truck rammed into a crowd in New Orleans, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens more. The suspect, identified as...

07.01.2025 10

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Mia Martin Hobbs

‘Survival sex’, ‘mob justice’ and more: the first independent study of abuse in the Australian Defence Force is damning

“Participants expected the costs of war, but they were not prepared for the costs of service,” explain Ben Wadham and James Connor in their new...

02.10.2024 3

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Mia Martin Hobbs