Military reminded core business is to use 'lethal violence' to defend Australia's values and sovereignty
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AprApril 2021 at 9:09pm
Assistant Minister for Defence Andrew Hastie previously served in the elite Special Air Service Regiment for five years.
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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.
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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"