Admiral Chris Barrie says Peter Dutton stops Defence personnel talking about climate change   
March 18 2022
Canberra Times


During a speech at the Fenner Conference on sustainable agriculture on Thursday, the admiral said Defence Force personnel have been gagged from speaking about climate change by the Defence Minister, Peter Dutton.

Admiral Barrie said in his meetings with defence personnel, many of them were interested in the topic of climate change and "most of them would like to be out there speaking - but they are not allowed to unless they go through Dutton's office".   

He also condemned the politicisation of climate change, saying it should not be a "left-right issue".





The Canberra Times previously reported Chief of the Defence Force General Angus Campbell and department secretary Greg Moriarty had released instructions to the military and public servants telling them "not to be distracted" from their "primary mission".

Defence Minister Peter Dutton has also issued directives to his department and serving military to stop pursuing a "woke agenda".

When questioned about the delayed ADF support to flood-affected areas like Lismore, Admiral Barrie said ADF procedures are only in place for rapid overseas deployment during natural disasters such as Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013. The ADF provided humanitarian assistance in that instance, but lacks similar procedures for domestic disasters.




Former Liberal leader John Hewson was also in attendance at the event, and criticised the lack of political leadership on climate change.

He made reference to the "politicisation of disaster payments" in flood-affected areas like Ballina, Byron and Tweed, which were previously not eligible for the federal government's disaster payments.

The Department of Defence was approached for comment.

whiteknight wrote on Mar 19^th, 2022 at 8:36am:

Two reasons:
1.  It is not for Admirals to hold forth about things that they have no expertise in - like climate science, gender, etc.
2.  These are POLITICAL matters, and therefore NOT for serving ADF personnel to publicly take a political position on.

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 19^th, 2022 at 11:02am:

😂🤣😆

lee wrote on Mar 19^th, 2022 at 12:08pm:


Ouch 👌

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 19^th, 2022 at 11:02am:

And what is wrong with investing in natural resources?

What about jobs in these industries: https://me.cfmeu.org.au/
Speech to Sydney Institute by Tony Maher, 27 November 2019

National President Tony Maher said in a speech delivered to the Sydney Institute: 'As leader of the union representing Australian coal miners and power workers, the climate challenge has been on my radar for a very long time. There is so much at stake for members, their families and communities in getting climate policy right. So it is beyond disheartening to witness the destruction of good policy and the degradation of the debate over the past decade.

In the absence of a coherent and economy-wide energy and climate strategy, we instead have entrenched Climate Wars where coal is the only villain and many participants have reflexive rather than rational positions.'



He's onto you, turd.

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 19^th, 2022 at 4:24pm:


Nope. It isn't. The Defence Force has to be SEEN to be above politics.

Climate change is a political fact.

If not then eg Brisbane's 1893 flood levels should have been less than recent. So current theory tells us, according to the media (bow down to the media - they know all)..

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 19^th, 2022 at 4:38pm:


So n ow murder is a political fact?

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 19^th, 2022 at 4:41pm:



{Poor petal Simply doesn't understand.

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 19^th, 2022 at 4:41pm:


As proved by the union super funds.