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Military reminded core business is to use ‘lethal violence’ to defend Australia’s values and sovereignty
Assistant Defence Minister Andrew Hastie has told military personnel their “core business” will always be the “application of lethal violence” and warned “mission clarity” is vital to their work.
Key points:
- Senior government figures said Mr Hastie’s message closely aligned with the directives new Defence Minister Peter Dutton issued to the ADF’s top brass
- Liberal backbencher Phillip Thompson backed the message, warning “we’ve gone a little bit woke over the past few years, and we can’t afford to be doing that”
- One recent incident that caused controversy among government ministers was the decision to have dancers at a commissioning of a Navy ship
The blunt directive from the former Special Forces officer came as Morrison government figures…
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