shadowminister,

I have expressed my opinion regarding the bullying
of Kimberley Kitching. And I stand by my opinion.
Whether you like my opinion or not is irrelevant
to me.

Mr Albanese has decided there will not be an investigation
into the allegations as no formal complaint was lodged by
Kitching. That is his call.

We can continue to argue this matter - but nothing
productive will be achieved. Neither of us will change
our minds. I'm sure that if the shoe was on the other foot.
If this was a case of the Coalition being accused of bullying,
Labor would be screaming for their blood with great gusto
as well. Such is politics.

Plus there's an election coming up so things are going to get
even more ramped up.

Kitching's funeral is tomorrow. Hopefully, she will be treated
with respect and allowed to finally Rest In Peace.

The internal factional fighting can surely be put aside for
a while. Internal fighting is something that all sides of
politics share. No party is squeaky clean. And digging up dirt
on your opponent's side is how the game is played.
Unfortunately.

I found it great that Peter Malinauskas has
won in South Australia. Especially that there
not seems to be a more diverse mix of politicians
happening in this country. We have Anastacia
Palaszczuk, Dominic Perrottet, Peter Malinauskas,
( we had Gladys Berejiklian), and we may even
have an - Antony Albanese as PM.

Who knows if this trend will continue and who else
will be added to the mix in the future.

Interesting times ahead.

Are there women in the Australian military?
Yes.

Are these women on the front lines or in any way in harms way?
No. Forty-one Australians killed on duty in Afghanistan. Every one of them had a penis.

The end.

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The way the left is rallying around the mean girl brigade and their like is revealing. As I've said often, if you only support women when the politics suit, then you aren't supporting women, you're using women.

And it seems that some women like, crave, being used.

They aren't going to put women on the front lines
They sing the praises of women in the military, that's some good publicity for their agenda
But women coming home in caskets, well it's just not worth the negative publicity

The Canberra Times tells us that:

Formal restrictions on women's service in the
Australian Defence Force (ADF) were lifted in
2013, barriers to combat roles were removed in
2016 and Defence exemptions under the Sex
Discrimination Act were scrapped in 2016.

According to the ADF's most recent annual report,
women comprise 17.9 per cent of the armed forces,
including 21.5 percent of the navy, 22.1 percent of the
air force and 14.3 percent of the army.

Their representation of the top of the services is even
smaller. Just 22 of the 181 star-ranked officers were
women as of June last year. But there are signs that
Defence is making progress in its aims to have a quarter
of all air-force and navy personel and 15 of army soldiers,
women by 2023.

Women now comprise 30% of enlistments and, combined with
improved retention, has boosted their over all numbers in
the ranks of the ADF by 652.

According to the Canberra Times women leadership makes
defence better:

http://canberratimes.com.au/story/6846428/womens-leadership-makes-defence-better/

My apologies I typed the wrong number - here's the link again:

http://canberratimes.com.au/story/6646428/womens-leadership-makes-defence-better/