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Twenty years on, great strides for full inclusion in the military

Air Commodore Tracy Smart and DEFGLIS Board Member Chief Petty Officer Stuart O'Brien were recently featured in Fairfax medias articles: Twenty years on, great strides for full inclusion in the military and Subtle role modelling' brings goodwill out in force.

The stories however come alongside reports of further action being taken against the Department of Defence by John Davey for victims of the ADF Facebook gay-hate scandal of 2010, where five members of the military were outed and received death threats: Army sued on gay hate scandal.

Photo 1: Chief Petty Officer Stuart O'Brien, right, with his partner, Chris Matterson. Photo: Penny Bradfield for Fairfax Media
Photo 2: Air Commodore Tracy Smart at her promotion ceremony with her partner Lisa, and the Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Mark Binskin AM