Beating the Retreat rubbed out by Defence

Joshua said:
“…the armoury on each base is still under the control of uniformed military members which says a lot about how much faith defence has in those guarding the bases.”

I think it is interesting how the French company Serco Sodexo Defence Services has gained a vast array of contracts in Defence ranging from waste management to transport management. They also now control the management of the ranges and training areas. This includes the live firing areas,artillery, small arms and the use of ammunition. However, I don’t what the line of demarcation is between them and Defence personnel.

Let’s not forget Little Shop of Horrors,also a long time ago.

Pandy said :

Rudds Razor Gang. They need to pay for real security guards with real guns to guard our bases against terrorists. I would have been prepared to pay $10-15 to see the event.

You do realise that it was the Howard government that outsourced from military members all those jobs guarding our bases to private (keystone cop) security firms in the first place don’t you? The funny thing is that the armoury on each base is still under the control of uniformed military members which says a lot about how much faith defence has in those guarding the bases.

I can’t believe I’m going to say this but…

Rent at ADFA?

OMG -Wouldn’t have happened in my Day!!

We did Pirates of Penzance!! And that was a rather long time ago….

And losing BTR? There are a lot of decisions that Defence gets wrong (contracting out Patrol boat management for one) and that is definitely one.

This decision stinks of a political agenda by some sticky fingered, pallid public servant who has never seen light of day. Surely the cost of conducting the activity is outweighed by the publicity and good will that it engenders for Defence. But these creeps don’t consider this!!!

I wonder if the production of ‘Rent’ will feature the ‘aids aids, aids aids aids aids aids, AIDS! song as featured in Team America, World Police ?

Rent: A story about finding unorthodox love, and dealing with loss, against a background of rampant HIV infection, where over half the characters are either gay or bisexual, half are HIV+, and a third of them use needle drugs?
ADFA: A disciplined higher-learning institution which has a history of not affording homosexuals the same rights as the rest of the population (having an ‘inclusion policy’ isn’t the same as following it), and where HIV+ status, and self-administering needle drugs are cause for immediate explusion.

I can see why ADFA’s drama services deserve to keep funding over a public event with a history going back 40 years , the “Rent” production is clearly money well spent, with a message relevant to its audience.
</sarcasm>

A couple of points to bear in mind.
ADFA and RMC are two different entities.
The students at RMC are Staff Cadets whereas students at ADFA they are Officer Cadets.
ADFA has been doing an annual theatre performance for many years now.It needs to be remembered that ADFA is a campus of the University of NSW.

Entry into a course at ADFA has educational requirements similar to entry into other universities. RMC has a lesser entry requirement.

What a shame. Faulkner is a dead ringer for Jemaine Clements from the Conchords – and Faulkner is a gospel singer, according to an interview on the ABC … why, I’d pay to watch Senator Faulkner participate!

Rent you can see in many places done by many groups. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Playhouse put on Beating of the Retreat (though correct me if I’m wrong).

Beating of the Retreat has always seemed to be one of those ‘institutions’ that were well attended and supported. It would be a shame for it not to happen.