[17] The book concentrated on his experience as Chief of Operations in Iraq during 2004–05, and contained some criticism about Australia's capacity to engage in military conflict. He has been a Senator for New South Wales since November 2019, representing the Liberal Party. "[19] Writing in a February 2009 article, Molan called for a doubling of the Australian military presence in Afghanistan, from about 1,100 troops to 2,000. 12K likes. He was previously a Senator for New South Wales from December 2017 to June 2019. [3][4] In 2016, Molan unsuccessfully stood as a Liberal Party candidate for the Senate in New South Wales at the 2016 federal election. During his military career, Molan was commanding officer of the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, commander of the 1st Brigade, commander of the 1st Division and its Deployable Joint Force Headquarters, and commander of the Australian Defence College. Interviewed by Kerry O'Brien. [14], After returning from Iraq he served as Defence Materiel Advocate of the Defence Materiel Organisation; and Adviser to the Vice Chief of the Defence Force on Joint Warfighting Lessons and Concepts. Jim has given in so many ways as an infantryman, a helicopter pilot, commander of army units up to a division of 15,000 soldiers, commander of the Australian Defence Colleges and of the evacuation force from the Solomon Islands. Senator Jim Molan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales. He retired from the Australian Army in 2008, and later that year released his first book, Running the War in Iraq. [40], *The Liberal and National totals include members of the, Australian Institute of Company Directors, "Iraq Truisms: Five Truisms for the ADF out of Iraq", "Andrew Bolt Blog: How we must fight in Afghanistan", "Thoughts on operations in southern Afghanistan", "Maj Gen. (Rtd) (Jim) Andrew James Molan", https://www.legacy.com.au/Assets/9750/1/Longbioforwebpage.pdf, "Abbott adviser handed new paid role as envoy", "General Jim Molan ready to fight for Liberal Senate spot", "Jim Molan to replace Fiona Nash in Senate, High Court rules", "Jim Molan wins Senate spot to replace Arthur Sinodinos", "Distinguished Service Cross (Australian)", "To gloat is to insult many brave Iraqis", "Tony Abbott to put three-star commander in charge of military-led border protection campaign", "Mike Kelly, Jim Molan Disagree on Asylum Seekers", "Indonesia could close down people smugglers", "Defence Minister David Johnston 'the reason' Jim Molan quit role", "Federal election 2016: Tony Abbott slams Libs' failure over Jim Molan", "High Court stops short in endorsing Jim Molan for Senate", Senator Jim Molan defends sharing Britain First posts. On 25 March 2000 he was upgraded to an Officer of the Order of Australia for his service in Indonesia and in East Timor. 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He will serve the remainder of Sinodinos's six-year term which expires in June 2022.[8]. On 10 November 2019, Molan was selected by the NSW Liberal Party to fill the casual vacancy left by the resignation of Senator Arthur Sinodinos. Instead, voters were encouraged to vote directly for Molan. Molan and his supporters began urging voters to ignore the official joint how-to-vote instructions issued by both the Liberal Party and the National Party. Follow events live ... PM says it is ‘deplorable’ and ‘disgusting’ that Bill Shorten would describe senator as racist, Senator reposted videos from far-right group Donald Trump accused of promoting, He replaces Fiona Nash, who was disqualified for having dual citizenship, Court hears count could throw into doubt which NSW Coalition senators have three-year terms and which have six-year terms, Preselection candidate’s comments to broadcaster come as party prepares for a bruising fight over Liberal constitution, Members’ email accuses MPs Alex Hawke and Julian Leeser of trying to protect factions and stop party reform, Operation Sovereign Borders co-author defends hardline policy and conditions on Nauru, saying it has ‘medical facilities that most Australian towns would give their right arm for’, Jim Molan, who had helped the Coalition design its hardline border policy, quits after three week stint advising David Johnston on the upcoming defence white paper. Senator Jim Molan really is someone for recovering racists to look up to! However, he initially instead spent some time trying to find a specific role within the headquarters structure,[11] before being allocated responsibility for energy security. The 7.30 Report (Interview: transcript). On graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1971, he was allocated to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. Australia: ABC TV. ", Molan replied: "I'm not relying on evidence". Molan has had a long and active military career. Molan joined the Australian Army following completion of his schooling in Victoria. [21] Molan has been an outspoken critic of Labor's management of defence matters. The Australian. Subsequently he was placed in the "unwinnable" fourth position on the Coalition's Senate ticket in New South Wales, below Hollie Hughes, Andrew Bragg, and the Nationals' candidate Perin Davey.


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