"Defence Minister Peter Dutton says while he won’t tolerate discrimination, “we are not pursuing a woke agenda”." />Last week he ordered his department and serving military personnel to stop pursuing a “woke agenda” after Defence held morning teas where staff wore rainbow clothing to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia. In the article, ‘We are not pursuing a woke agenda’:

Dutton bans special morning teas at Defence after IDAHOBIT, Dutton said he instructed Defence Force chief Angus Campbell and secretary Greg Moriarty to issue the department-wide note ending events with “particular clothes in celebration”.

“I’ve been very clear to the chiefs that I will not tolerate discrimination. But we are not pursuing a woke agenda,” Dutton told The Age and the Herald. “Our task is to build up the morale in the Australian Defence Force and these woke agendas don’t help.”..MORE

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