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Keep ex-Defence out of public service, mandarins plead
Harley DennettJan 14, 2016
Ex-Defence personnel can have problems with "unacceptable behaviour" that make them unsuitable for civilian public sector life, according to a new report.
Deeds, not words: women see through Defence’s culture-change fakers
Harley DennettJan 12, 2016
A troubling report shows abuse is still a long way from over in Australia's defence forces.
Will America park its drones on our lawn? Military men talk options
Harley DennettJul 26, 201364 Comments
Congressional hearings in Washington have revealed the US military is openly canvassing hosting controversial unmanned aircraft in the region -- including at Australian bases.
Coalition split on gay exemption aged-care providers don’t want
Harley DennettJun 18, 201315 Comments
UPDATED: The Coalition wants to ensure church-run aged care providers can deny beds to gay people. But the organisations tell Crikey they don't discriminate -- and don't want the protection to do it.
Defence at Mardi Gras: a military step towards inclusiveness
Harley DennettDec 24, 20121 Comment
The ADF plans to enter a uniformed marching formation in the 2013 Sydney Mardi Gras for the first time. It's about time, writes one journalist and gay Defence spouse.
Nuclear drumbeat grows as US eyes Australia
Harley DennettAug 2, 201261 Comments
Nuclear weapons and joint military bases aimed at containing our largest trading partner will, sooner or later, be put in our backyard. That's if US Republicans get their way.
Free speech gets a workout at Christian marriage clash
Harley DennettJun 27, 201219 Comments
It was an ugly scene more reminiscent of the 1957 Little Rock Nine than a movement on the right side of history. Crikey goes to church to hear the anti-gay marriage sermon.
Marriage inquiry: a ‘consensus’ of six divergent positions
Harley DennettJun 18, 20122 Comments
A House of Representatives committee has dodged the question of whether to pursue marriage equality after a record 276,000 responses during its inquiry.
Campbell Newman’s ‘attack on gays’ could face legal test
Harley DennettMay 24, 201214 Comments
Family and human rights lawyers are considering grounds to halt what they see as a pair of targeted attacks on the LGBTI community from the Queensland government.
Essential: class warfare tag not winning voters
Harley DennettMay 21, 20122 Comments
Australians don't buy the Coalition's argument that the government is engaging in "class warfare", according to new polling from Essential Research. A quarter of the electorate don't k