Russell Broadbent, Alan Dana and David McBride on the Chris Smith Show - Guest Host: Mike Ryan - 8 May 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Russell Broadbent is the Member for Monash in the Parliament of Australia and one of the longest serving politicians in the nation’s parliament. Russell was President of the Shire of Pakenham in 1984-85. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1980 until his resignation on 14 November 2023. He’s now an independent Member of Parliament.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Alan Dana is a member of GAA Coalition, Alan Started flying in the UK in 1988, and now has accumulated 23,000 flight hours, recently fired after 14 years at JetStar - the low-cost airline owned by Qantas. The reason for termination, "Serious Misconduct", for not complying with the company vaccine mandate. Prior to this he was flying for British Airways, based in London Heathrow operating to the Arctic Circle and Africa and the Middle East. Much of his training was completed outside of Chicago before working as an instructor and charter pilot in Palm Beach Florida, before relocating and flying in the Caribbean. He holds the American FAA, British and Australian Airline Pilot licences.

GUEST OVERVIEW: David McBride is an Australian whistleblower. In 2011 and 2013, he served in Afghanistan as a military lawyer to the Royal Australian Regiment and Australian Special Forces respectively. David made information on war crimes committed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan available to the ABC. If convicted of the charges against him, David McBride faces many years in prison.

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