As a soldier, you put a lot of mental effort into preparing yourself for the fact that someone is going try and kill you on any number of occasions. So I’ve never really been worried by the impact of my own personal demise [from this prostate cancer diagnosis]. But what I didn’t realise was the impact on my wife and my kids.
I talked to ABC News’ James Glenday about my health, and of course, why and how Australia must prepare for war. Listen to the interview below.
First broadcast on Saturday Afternoons, ABC Radio, 26 June 2021.