Sandra Lee

Abbott accuses Gillard of playing the gender card

March 20, 2013
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Tony Abbott has accused Prime Minister Julia Gillard of “playing the gender card” when she branded him a misogynist and sexist in a scripted, scathing personal attack in Parliament last year. “I don’t want to rant and rave about my opponent but she’s determined to win an election and thinks the only way she can […]

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The forgotten Australians of World War Two

December 12, 2012
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At the bottom of page 157 in Phillip Bradley’s compelling, comprehensive and beautifully descriptive if confronting new book, sits a paragraph so remarkably modest yet freighted with such immense national importance that it begs to be re-read several times. The book is called Hell’s Battlefield, The Australians In New Guinea in World War Two. Here’s […]

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Explosive Detection Dog Sarbi makes history – again.

August 23, 2012
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Australia’s most famous hound, Explosives Detection Dog Sarbi, made history on Sunday when she became the first military animal to take the official salute at a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day parade in the Blue Mountains. Sarbi and Sergeant Simpson, a highly skilled dog handler from the Australian Army’s School of Military Engineering in Sydney, were given the […]

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Vale ZinZan Brooke: top dog, best mate to many

May 31, 2012
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As the author of a book about an Explosives Detection Dog in the Australian Army I know the depth and extent of the oft quoted phrase, “man’s best friend”. Dogs are indeed man’s best friend, and those of us lucky to have a four-legged best mate, or had one in the past, understand intrinsically why. […]

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Balmoral Burn fun run to raise $2 million for sick kids

May 25, 2012
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Right now in scores of hospitals around Australia there are an estimated 4000 children under the age of 16 being treated for illness or injury ranging from the most serious and life threatening to less minor conditions that are fully treatable though just as frightening for concerned families. That’s a lot of kids requiring a […]

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Explosives detection dog Sarbi retires from the Australian Army

December 13, 2011
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The Australian Army’s most famous hound, Sarbi, retired from active service on Monday after six years of sniffing out dangerous bombs and weapons and saving countless lives. Sarbi, who turned nine on September 11, retired as an explosives detection dog to live with her handler, Sergeant D, and his fiancé at their Sydney home. She […]

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