Australian War Memorial council member Josephine Stone had some choice words about Bernard Keane’s take on the AWM.

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Yesterday, Crikey political editor Bernard Keane wrote about the politicisation of the Australian War Memorial. Today, council member Josephine Stone responds to some of his criticisms.

I read with some disappointment the article by Bernard Keane, dismissing my involvement with the Australian War Memorial (AWM) as no more than as someone’s wife. As an online publication which prides itself on its progressive views, when it comes to the punch you are just as sexist and misogynist as the next man.

It may interest you to know, should you care to engage in some genuine investigative journalism, that I am a lawyer and have worked in a number of private and public institutions, including the NT Legal Aid Commission and Law Society.

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