“Calling her an officer is a sad reflection on the lack of knowledge journalists typically have about the military.”
Journalism has little to do about research, knowledge and truth.
These words: “reflect on the suffering of Aboriginal people” pretty much tells me what the agenda is.
I’ve often wondered when the Australian PC police will insist such folks are “Native Australians” instead of Aboriginal. I’ve often thought aboriginal would be a more fitting term for US American Indians.
“Indigenous Australian” is generally the PC term, but as Aboriginals themselves often prefer the term Aboriginal, even most of the PC people don’t make a fuss about that.
(Technically Indigenous Australian is broader - it also includes Torres Strait Islanders, who do not consider themselves Aboriginal).
Once in my life I got within about 50 yards of a couple of Aboriginies in a small town in the Australian Outback.With that experience I look at her photo and wonder of she might have some "native" blood.She doesn't look entirely "European"...she looks like she might have a little of the Pacific Islands in her.
So maybe she's speaking from some personal experience.But saying what she said *while* serving in the military is way over the top IMO.