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Matt Keogh Blames the Profiteers. DVA Built Their Business Model.
Free smartwatches looked absurd until Four Corners exposed how DVA could turn veterans into valuable customers of taxpayer-funded services.
 • Mark Croxford
One complaint can outweigh 499 silent parents
America’s 11,982 school book bans expose something more interesting than censorship: how one objection can become everybody else’s restriction.
 • Mark Croxford
NSW teaches drivers a road language, then assumes they never forget it
Zig-zag markings expose a flaw hiding inside road safety: knowing a rule and recognising its warning at 50 km/h are not the same thing.
 • Mark Croxford
DVA Created the Market Four Corners Exposed
Defenceless found businesses making money from veterans. Follow the money backwards and you find a system that made complexity valuable.
 • Mark Croxford
I Challenged DVA’s Spin on Veteran Suicide. It Tried to Have My Letter to the Editor Deleted.
DVA led with falling suicide rates. I read the full report and exposed the darker numbers. Then someone from DVA’s media team suggested CONTACT delete…
 • Mark Croxford

September 2026

Britain Is Telling Families to Prepare for War. What Does That Mean for Australia?
Something changed in Britain during September. Preparations for conflict moved through government and industry until they reached the kitchen cupboard.
 • Mark Croxford
The Backflip Was a Win. Repatriation Reform Is the Bigger Job.
Ten pieces, one pattern: Australia kept the obligation to veterans while spreading delivery across DVA, contracts, hospitals and providers.
 • Mark Croxford
Veterans Stopped One Healthcare Limit. What Stops the Next One?
The Senate is examining restrictions on DVA-funded treatment. Repatriation may provide the first principle that one policy victory cannot.
 • Mark Croxford
Australia Gave Up the Repats. Then It Bought the Care Back.
Government sold or transferred the hospitals, then paid others to keep treating veterans. The real story is where the promise went.
 • Mark Croxford
DVA Led With Falling Suicide Rates. Then I Read the Full Report.
AIHW did its job. What caught my eye was what DVA left out, and why the Royal Commission wanted the money handled differently.
 • Mark Croxford
A DVA Gold Card Says “All Conditions”. A Provider Can Still Say No.
Albanese Labor is lifting allied-health fees. Good. But money may not be the only reason providers stopped taking DVA.
 • Mark Croxford
Chinese EVs Are Winning Me Over. The Security Niggle Isn’t.
Four Corners added fresh evidence to an old concern: could compelling daily drives also become mobile spy stations in the wrong hands?
 • Mark Croxford
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