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Rank injustice

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The Australian Defense Force (ADF) is facing an ethical, legal and compensation crisis as a seemingly endless line of former and serving military personnel sues the organization for physical and psychiatric damage and/or mistreatment. Critics and victims assert too many lives are being ruined by a culture that crushes dissent, closes ranks around offenders, and treats its injured with contempt.

Personnel administration, National Security, Ethics, Armed Forces, Active Military Personnel, Psychological aspects, Compensation and benefits, Cover Story, Ethical aspects, Military personnel

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The plot to get Beazley

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Captain Andrew Plunkett, an intelligence officer, alleged that Kim Beazley, the Labor Leader is a risk to Australia's national security, as Indonesian government had compromised him because of his friendship with a prominent Indonesian leader. Labor strategists believe that the defense intelligence officers tried to smear Labor leader Beazley and hijack the Australian election.

Elections, Political aspects, National security, Beazley, Kim

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Defective logic

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The defection of Chen Yonglin, a fugitive Chinese diplomat and Chinese spy, is compared to the infamous Petrov's case of April 1954. Chen Yonglin, who has spied on Falun Gong members in Australia, claims that 1000 Chinese spies operate in Australia and have kidnapped Chinese protesters to send them back to China.

China, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Spies, Defectors, Chen Yonglin

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