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Australian commander lashed over bikini gaffe
An Australian navy submarine skipper who suggested female sailors wear bikinis to help reverse a recruitment crisis has been criticised by lawmakers but supported by superiors, local media said on Thursday. Farncomb last year, also joked in a men's magazine interview that the submariner equivalent...
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