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Former ADF official says increasing climate-related weather events could overwhelm defence force
AprApril 2021 at 8:03pm
Personnel from two navy vessels set out to help people evacuate the town of Mallacoota on January 3, 2020, amid devastating bushfires.
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A former Australian defence official has spoken out about the political pressure she says she faced during her analysis of climate threats for the Department of Defence.
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Former defence official Cheryl Durrant says politics got in the way of effectively preparing for climate change
Former defence chief Chris Barrie says the Black Summer fires exposed weaknesses in responding to extreme climate-related events
Call for royal commission into alleged Afghanistan war crimes
Call for royal commission into alleged Afghanistan war crimes
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A former head of the defence force is backing a call for a royal commission or its equivalent to further probe the findings of the recently released Brereton report on war crimes allegedly committed by some Australian special forces in Afghanistan.
Admiral Chris Barrie is querying the report’s conclusion that “responsibility and accountability [for the alleged crimes] does not extend to higher headquarters”.
Former chief of the defence force, Admiral Chris Barrie, in Canberra.
Credit:Alex Ellinghausen