tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928164776127538974.post3868883214024811287..comments2023-11-01T03:32:14.895+11:00Comments on Nic Stuart: DEFENCE IN A FURYNick Stuart, Nicholas Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07664320617342513026noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928164776127538974.post-17044083445344790672011-04-26T13:39:44.356+10:002011-04-26T13:39:44.356+10:00I've responded to the last comment as follows:...I've responded to the last comment as follows:<br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks for passing on your comment. I don't have proof, of course, of what happened, but I have been given to understand that the Vice Chief of Defence was also outraged that the charge against the male officer cadet was dropped. My comment about Cdre Kafer's situation was simply that I understand he's had advice that he's been denied natural justice, I didn't make any comment about whether the ball had been dropped, or not. <br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks for your comment.Nick Stuart, Nicholas Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664320617342513026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928164776127538974.post-79422860763428690552011-04-26T13:26:17.880+10:002011-04-26T13:26:17.880+10:00I also recieved this comment on my other e-mail. I...I also recieved this comment on my other e-mail. I'm reprinting it without the author attached. <br /><br />"Steve, Keep up the good work. <br /> <br />Laughable to read Nic Stuarts comments in the Canberra Times on 23 Apr 2011 re Kafer and natural justice. It was clear when the AFP Commissioner responded to the media re the efficacy of ADFA's initial complaint that the ball had been dropped. Certainly with my 25 years service as an Infantry soldier I would never have stood between anyone who had a serious criminal complaint and any State or Federal police service. That Kafer (or his underlings) put ADFA's reputation between that young girl and a policeman is inexcusable behaviour and he deserves censure. As that young RAAF girl was a citizen of this country no organisation should stand between a complainant and the police."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928164776127538974.post-78123379247526038752011-04-25T16:30:43.430+10:002011-04-25T16:30:43.430+10:00Hello Nic,
Your article today is over the top, I ...Hello Nic,<br /><br />Your article today is over the top, I think. <br /><br />Your notion that Defence is some sort of ticking time bomb ready to explode the next time Minister Smith rattles someone’s cage or kicks some sacred cow is just wrong-headed, no matter how precipitate some of Smith’s recent actions have been. It’s also an insult to the senior levels of the ADF to suggest that some of them may resign, or in some other way publicly protest, over Smith’s actions. Whatever their private feelings - indeed, whatever some of them may have said to you - about how Smith is conducting himself, they will not behave poorly in public in this or any other matter.<br /><br />One reason for this is because they have lifetimes of service and adherence to accepted behavioural norms behind them and another is because they – as with nearly all salaried employees - fear the personal career consequences of any such poor behaviour. <br /><br />I’m sure that you’re aware that Smith, like former Defence Ministers, has a “kitchen Cabinet” of very senior former Defence people, both military and civilian. They’re almost certainly advising him on this matter.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />(Name withheld, this comment was sent to Nic on his other e-mail, nicstuart@hotmail.com).Nick Stuart, Nicholas Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664320617342513026noreply@blogger.com