Australia politics live: RSL says One Nation’s Hastie ‘slur’ was an ‘attack on every veteran’s service’; Victoria’s historic work from home laws stall
Veterans don’t stop being accountable to their oath once they leave the ADF. Branding a former soldier a ‘traitor’ sends a corrosive message to the wider veteran community: that your service can be recast as betrayal the moment it’s politically convenient. RSL Australia asks all sides of politics to keep that distinction.
- ▪Veterans don’t stop being accountable to their oath once they leave the ADF.
- ▪Branding a former soldier a ‘traitor’ sends a corrosive message to the wider veteran community: that your service can be recast as betrayal the moment it’s politically convenient.
- ▪RSL Australia asks all sides of politics to keep that distinction.
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| Publication time | Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:09:00 GMT |
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02.26 EDTRSL Australia says calling a veteran a traitor is a ‘slur’Sarah Basford CanalesAustralia’s largest veteran support group has warned calling veterans traitors is a “slur” and an attack on every veteran’s service.It follows a bitter rift between the Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie and the One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, after the latter refused to apologise for a cartoon her party published that labelled Hastie a “traitor”.In a statement this afternoon, the Returned & Services League of Australia, better known as RSL Australia, said using the word sends a “corrosive message to the wider veteran community” that “your service can be recast as betrayal the moment it’s politically convenient”.The statement said: double quotation markThe recent comments from Senator Hanson towards…
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