Jim Molan

Molan joined the Australian Army following completion of his schooling in Victoria. On graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1971,{{cite news |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |title=Major-general, senator, pilot: Senator Jim Molan's vast legacy |date=16 January 2023 |first=Malcolm |last=Brown |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/major-general-senator-pilot-senator-jim-molan-s-vast-legacy-20210430-p57nqp.html |access-date=18 January 2023}} he was allocated to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Queensland.{{cite web |title=Jim Molan |publisher= Lowy Institute |url=https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/contributors/articles/jim-molan |access-date=23 January 2023}} He was a graduate of the Australian defence force's School of Languages where he studied Indonesian.{{cite web |title=Death / Funeral Notice |website=deathsandfunerals.com.au |url=https://deathsandfunerals.com.au/notice/andrew-james-molan-ao-dsc/568326 |access-date=23 January 2023}} He maintained an interest in aviation and held civil commercial licences and instrument ratings for fixed and rotary wing aircraft.{{cite web |title=Jim Molan Death, NSW Sky news Erin Molan father died from prostate cancer at 72 |date=17 January 2023 |first=Tiara |last=Kim |website=obitsmemorial.com |url=https://obitsmemorial.com/jim-molan-death-nsw-sky-news-erin-molan-father-died-from-prostate-cancer-at-72-death/ |access-date=23 January 2023}} He was also a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD) and was accredited as a master project director (MPD).

Molan had a long and active military career. Regimental postings included the 1st Battalion, Pacific Islands Regiment (Papua New Guinea) as a rifle platoon commander; 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment, as adjutant; rifle company second-in-command and rifle company commander in the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment; commanding officer of the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment; commander of the Army's mechanised 1st Brigade; and commander of the 1st Division and its Deployable Joint Force Headquarters.{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/878860 |work=It's an Honour |title=Member of the Order of Australia |publisher=Australian Government |date=26 January 1992 |quote=Citation: For service to the Australian Army as Commanding Officer 6th Battalion, RAR }}{{cite magazine |first=Brian |last=Hartigan |title=vale – Senator and former Major General Jim Molan |magazine= Contact magazine |url=https://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2023/01/17/vale-senator-and-former-major-general-jim-molan/ |access-date=18 January 2023}} Molan was the commander of the Australian Defence College, including the Australian Defence Force Academy; the Australian Command and Staff College; and the Australian Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies.{{cite press release |first1=Greg |last1=Moriarty |author-link=Greg Moriarty |first2=Angus J. |last2=Campbell |author-link2=Angus Campbell (general) |title=Statement on the passing of Senator Jim Molan |publisher= Defence |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/releases/2023-01-17/statement-passing-senator-jim-molan |access-date=18 January 2023}}

Molan served as the army attache in Jakarta as a colonel between 1992 and 1994 and for this service he was awarded the Indonesian decoration Bintang Dharma Yudha Nararya in 1995. Between 1998 and 1999, Molan was the defence attache in Jakarta as a brigadier and served in East Timor. On 25 March 2000 he was upgraded to an Officer of the Order of Australia for his service in Indonesia and in East Timor.{{cite web |date=25 March 2000 |title=Officer of the Order of Australia |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/879619 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124071545/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/879619 |archive-date=24 January 2018 |work=It's an Honour |publisher=Australian Government |quote=Citation: For distinguished service to the Australian Defence Force as the Head of the Australian Defence Staff in Jakarta during the Indonesian and East Timor crisis.}}

In April 2004, he was deployed for a year to Iraq. He was despatched to serve as the chief of operations of the new Multinational Force in Iraq headquarters that was being planned. However, he initially instead spent some time trying to find a specific role within the headquarters structure, before being allocated responsibility for energy security.Molan, 2008, 63–83. He was eventually made deputy chief of staff for operations, and served during continuous and intense combat operations. For distinguished command and leadership in this period, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, and the American Legion of Merit.{{cite web |date=26 January 2006 |title=Distinguished Service Cross (Australian) |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1132096 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124071355/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1132096 |archive-date=24 January 2018 |work=It's an Honour |publisher=Australian Government |quote=Citation: For distinguished service in command and leadership in action while serving as Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Operations and Deputy Chief of Staff Civil Military Operations with Multi-National Force – Iraq from April 2004 to April 2005, during Operation CATALYST.}}{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/insult-to-brave-iraqis/2006/12/08/1165081148384.html?page=fullpage |title=To gloat is to insult many brave Iraqis |author=Devine, Miranda |author-link=Miranda Devine |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=9 December 2006 |access-date=4 June 2016 }} Molan has been accused of responsibility for planning and carrying out multiple purported war crimes during the attack on Fallujah in late 2004.{{Cite journal |last1=Doran |first1=Chris |last2=Anderson |first2=Tim |date=1 October 2011 |title=Iraq and the case for Australian war crimes trials |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9314-5 |journal=Crime, Law and Social Change |language=en |volume=56 |issue=3 |pages=283–299 |doi=10.1007/s10611-011-9314-5 |s2cid=143057323 |issn=1573-0751|url-access=subscription }}

After returning from Iraq he served as defence materiel advocate for the Defence Materiel Organisation; and adviser to the Vice Chief of the Defence Force on Joint Warfighting Lessons and Concepts.{{cite web |url=http://www.aadidefence.com/the/aadiDefenceTeam/principals-of-aadidefence/majgen-jim-molan-ao-dsc |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116024148/http://www.aadidefence.com/the/aadiDefenceTeam/principals-of-aadidefence/majgen-jim-molan-ao-dsc |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 January 2013 |title=MAJGEN Jim Molan |work=Principals |publisher=AADI Defence Pty Limited }} Major General Molan retired in July 2008.{{cite news |author=Molan, Jim |url=http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2321798.htm |title=Australia's war unreadiness |date=4 August 2008 |work=Unleashed |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=22 October 2009 }}

In August 2008, Molan released his first book, Running the War in Iraq.{{cite book |author1=Molan, Jim |title=Running the war in Iraq: an Australian general, 300,000 troops, the bloodiest conflict of our time |date=23 July 2013 |publication-date=2008 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0-7322-8781-8 }} The book concentrated on his experience as chief of operations in Iraq during 2004–05, and contained some criticism about Australia's capacity to engage in military conflict.{{cite interview |last=Molan |first=Jim |interviewer=Kerry O'Brien |title=Molan speaks about Iraq |url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2008/s2310071.htm |publisher=ABC TV |location=Australia |date=21 July 2008 |department=The 7.30 Report |access-date=22 October 2009 |type=Interview: transcript }} In an August 2008 speech, Molan stated that: "Our military competence was far worse than even we thought before East Timor, and people may not realise that the military performance bar has been raised by the nature of current conflict, as illustrated in Iraq and Afghanistan".{{cite news |author=Sheridan, Greg |author-link=Greg Sheridan |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24176666-5013460,00.html |title=Anzac spirit but not battle ready |date=14 August 2008 |newspaper=The Australian |access-date=22 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121091311/http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24176666-5013460,00.html |archive-date=21 November 2008 |url-status=dead }} Writing in a February 2009 article, Molan called for a doubling of the Australian military presence in Afghanistan, from about 1,100 troops to 2,000.{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Molan |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25064111-7583,00.html |title=End the pussyfooting in Afghan war |date=17 February 2009 |newspaper=The Australian |access-date=22 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219183120/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25064111-7583,00.html |archive-date=19 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}

Molan was associated with the Liberal Party, helping to launch the Liberal opposition party's military-led border protection campaign in the lead up to the 2013 federal election in Brisbane on 25 July 2013.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/tony-abbott-to-put-threestar-commander-in-charge-of-militaryled-border-protection-campaign-20130725-2qkbb.html|title=Tony Abbott to put three-star commander in charge of military-led border protection campaign|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|first=David|last=Wroe|date=25 July 2013 }} Molan has been an outspoken critic of Labor's management of defence matters.{{cite news |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/comrades-in-arms-mike-kelly-jim-molan--hold-different-views-in-the-battlefield-of-politics-20130711-2pth4.html |title=Comrades in arms Mike Kelly, Jim Molan hold different views in the battlefield of politics |newspaper=The Canberra Times |first=Ross |last=Peake |date=11 July 2013}} Stephen Smith, the minister for defence at the time, described Molan as "partisan" and a "Liberal Party activist".{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2013/s3798727.htm|title=Indonesia could close down people smugglers|publisher=Lateline |date=8 July 2013 |format=transcript }} In mid-2014 Molan was engaged as an advisor to minister for defence David Johnston, but resigned after three weeks. In a subsequent interview, Molan implied that his resignation was due to dissatisfaction with Johnston.{{cite news |last1=Elks |first1=Sarah |title=Defence Minister David Johnston 'the reason' Jim Molan quit role |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/defence-minister-david-johnston-the-reason-jim-molan-quit-role/story-e6frg8yo-1227065523285 |access-date=4 December 2014 |newspaper=The Australian |date=21 September 2014}}

At the 2016 federal election, Molan was a Liberal party senate candidate for New South Wales. However, in what former prime minister Tony Abbott called a "tragedy for our country and for our party", Molan failed to be elected.{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/federal-election-2016-tony-abbott-slams-libs-failure-over-jim-molan/news-story/07b39a314b83a4344f0ca13f257846ec |title=Federal election 2016: Tony Abbott slams Libs' failure over Jim Molan |last=Lewis |first=Rosie |work=The Australian |date=9 August 2016 |access-date=11 October 2016}}

In November 2017, the High Court of Australia ruled that Nationals Senator Fiona Nash was ineligible to be elected to the Senate due to her dual British citizenship.{{cite news |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/high-court-stops-short-in-endorsing-jim-molan-for-senate/news-story/56d35bc0d03eb499bfbb719cf6c66334 |title=High Court stops short in endorsing Jim Molan for Senate |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |first=Kylar |last=Loussikian |date=11 December 2017 |access-date=12 December 2017}} On 22 December, the High Court declared Molan duly elected in place of Nash.{{cite Au Parliament |mpid=FAB |name=Senator Jim Molan AO DSC |access-date=6 November 2021}}

In February 2018, it was revealed that Molan shared, on his personal Facebook page in March 2017, anti-Muslim content from the far-right political party Britain First.{{cite news |first=Liz |last=Burke |date=6 February 2018 |url=http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/senator-jim-molan-defends-sharing-britain-first-posts/news-story/dfdf5ebb1497025c7f43be819c521a7f |title=Senator Jim Molan defends sharing Britain First posts |publisher=news.com.au |access-date=18 January 2023}}{{cite news |first=Latika |last=Bourke |url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/why-is-it-so-hard-for-jim-molan-to-apologise-for-sharing-britain-first-material-20180206-h0uycj.html |title=Why is it so hard for Jim Molan to apologise for sharing Britain First material? |date=7 February 2018 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/feb/05/new-liberal-senator-jim-molan-shared-anti-muslim-videos-from-britain-first |title=Liberal senator Jim Molan shared anti-Muslim videos from far-right group |date=27 March 2017 |newspaper=The Guardian|first=Paul|last=Karp|access-date=18 January 2023}} Molan refused to apologise for his sharing of this material. In response to the Facebook post, Greens MP Adam Bandt accused Molan of war crimes over his actions in Iraq, but later apologised.{{cite news |title=Jim Molan responds to Adam Bandt's apology|date=8 February 2018|url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/jim-molan-responds-to-adam-bandts-apology/9411056|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|language=en-AU|access-date=28 February 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2018/feb/08/coalition-backs-down-on-secrecy-laws-politics-live|title=Jim Molan 'deeply disappointed' by Adam Bandt's apology – politics live|last1=Remeikis|first1=Amy|date=8 February 2018|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=28 February 2018|last2=Karp|first2=Paul|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}

Molan was a member of the centre-right faction of the Liberal Party.{{cite web |last1=Massola |first1=James |title=Who's who in the Liberals' left, right and centre factions? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/who-s-who-in-the-liberals-left-right-and-centre-factions-20210303-p577gv.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=20 March 2021 |access-date=1 February 2022}}

In November 2018, Molan polled the third-highest number of votes in the Liberal Party's Senate preselection ballot for the 2019 federal election. Subsequently he was placed in the "unwinnable" fourth position on the coalition's Senate ticket in New South Wales, below Hollie Hughes, Andrew Bragg, and the Nationals' candidate Perin Davey.{{cite news|url=https://www.4bc.com.au/senator-jim-molan-left-in-an-unwinnable-position/|title=Senator Jim Molan left in an unwinnable position following Liberal Senate preselection|publisher=4BC|date=24 November 2018|access-date=24 November 2018}}

Molan was disappointed at being relegated to a low-priority position on the official Coalition NSW Senate ticket and spoke of being unable to defend the Liberal Party after the decision.{{cite news |first=Matthew |last=Doran |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-25/jim-molan-says-he-cannot-defend-party-on-television/10552708 |title=Jim Molan says he cannot defend Liberal Party on television after Senate ticket relegation |publisher=ABC News|date=25 November 2018 |access-date=18 January 2023}} In May 2019, during the Australian Federal election campaign, a row broke out affecting both the Liberal Party and the National Party when Molan began an independent campaign to be elected, not supported by the Liberal Party. Molan and his supporters began urging voters to ignore the official joint how-to-vote instructions issued by both the Liberal Party and the National Party, encouraging them to vote directly for Molan. That independent campaign was reported in the media as leading to marked divisions within the Liberal and National Parties. Disagreement grew, to the extent that, in the week before the election, senior officials of the National Party in NSW took the "extraordinary step" of advising voters to ignore the agreed Liberal-National how-to-vote card and vote directly for the preferred National Party candidates.{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Koziol |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6125808/coalition-implodes-as-nationals-launch-their-own-below-the-line-campaign-against-jim-molan/?cs=14350 |title=Coalition implodes as Nationals launch their own 'below the line' campaign against Jim Molan |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=15 May 2019|access-date=18 January 2023}} Former deputy prime minister and parliamentary leader of the National Party, Barnaby Joyce, was reported as saying that the row threatened to undermine the coalition agreement which existed between the Liberal and National Parties at the federal level.{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Koziol |url=https://www.theage.com.au/federal-election-2019/they-fired-the-first-shot-barnaby-joyce-warns-coalition-at-stake-as-senate-civil-war-rages-20190515-p51nnk.html |title='They fired the first shot': Barnaby Joyce warns Coalition at stake as Senate civil war rages |newspaper=The Age |date=16 May 2016 |access-date=18 January 2023}}

However, on 10 November 2019, Molan was selected by the NSW Liberal Party to fill the casual vacancy left by the resignation of Senator Arthur Sinodinos. He was appointed by a joint sitting of the NSW Parliament on 14 November 2019, and served the remainder of Sinodinos's six-year term, which expired in June 2022. Molan was re-elected at the 2022 federal election for a six-year term starting on 1 July 2022.{{cite web |title= Senator Jim Molan AO DSC |publisher=Parliament of Australia |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=FAB |access-date=18 January 2023}}

Molan published his opinion on matters related to his expertise, and gave interviews and speeches to recount his experiences. The following is an incomplete list of his published works, interviews, speeches, opinion pieces and debates:

• {{cite book |author1=Molan, Jim |title=Operations in the Land of Two Rivers |date=2005 |publisher=Australian Defence College, Centre for Defence Command, Leadership and Management Studies | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36714560 |ref=none}}
• {{cite book |author1=Molan, Jim |title=Running the War in Iraq: An Australian General, 300,000 Troops, the Bloodiest Conflict of Our Time |date=23 July 2013 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0-7322-8781-8 |ref=none}}
• {{Cite book |last=Molan |first=Jim |year=2022 |title=Danger on Our Doorstep |location=Sydney |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=9781460762608 |ref=none}}

• {{cite journal |last=Molan |first=Jim |year=2006 |number=171 |pages=8–17 |title=Iraq Truisms: Five Truisms for the ADF out of Iraq |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/publications/dfj/dfj171a.pdf |journal=Australian Defence Force Journal |publisher=Australian Defence Force |ref=none}}
• {{cite news |author=Molan, Jim |url=http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2321798.htm |title=Australia's war unreadiness |date=4 August 2008 |work=Unleashed |publisher=ABC News |ref=none }}
• {{cite news |author=Bolt, Andrew |author-link=Andrew Bolt |url=http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/how_we_must_fight_in_afghanistan |title=Andrew Bolt Blog: How we must fight in Afghanistan |date=16 October 2008 |newspaper=Herald Sun |ref=none}}
• {{cite news |author=Molan, Jim |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/end-the-pussyfooting-in-afghan-war/news-story/dd61131f1e2517841006ce4b98826731|title=End the pussyfooting in Afghan war |date=17 February 2009 |newspaper=The Australian |ref=none}}
• {{cite news |author=Molan, Jim |url=http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2009/07/06/Thoughts-on-the-current-operations-in-southern-Afghanistan.aspx |title=Thoughts on operations in southern Afghanistan |date=6 July 2009 |newspaper=The Lowy Interpreter |publisher=Lowy Institute for International Policy |location=Australia |ref=none}}
• {{cite journal |last=Molan |first=Jim |date=August 2009 |title=Empty title |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/Army/lwsc/docs/aaj_winter_2009.pdf |journal=Australian Army Journal |publisher=Australian Army |ref=none}}
• {{cite news |author=Molan, Jim |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/uns-bias-binds-gaza/news-story/3517128aebf518bb256afa33009ea255|title=UN's bias binds Gaza |date=2 October 2009 |newspaper=The Australian |ref=none}}; in response to comments made by Richard Goldstone in The New York Times.{{cite news |author=Goldstone, Richard |author-link=Richard Goldstone |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/opinion/17goldstone.html|title=Justice in Gaza |date=17 September 2008 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=22 October 2009 }}

• {{cite interview |last=Molan |first=Jim |interviewer=Kerry O'Brien |title=Molan speaks about Iraq |url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2008/s2310071.htm |publisher=ABC TV |location=Australia |date=21 July 2008 |department=The 7.30 Report |type=Interview: transcript |ref=none}}
• {{cite speech |title=Running the war in Iraq: The nature of modern warfare and the new Defence White Paper |author=Molan, Jim |date=3 October 2008 |location=Australia |publisher=Lowy Institute for International Policy |url=http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=883 |format=transcript |ref=none}}
• {{cite speech |title=Afghanistan worth doing, even badly |author=Molan, Jim |date=29 August 2009 |location=Australia |publisher=Lowy Institute for International Policy |url=http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2009/08/10/Afghanistan-worth-doing-even-badly.aspx |format=transcript of debate |ref=none}}

Molan, son of Andrew Molan, a World War II veteran, and Noni (née Harnetty), was born in Melbourne on 11 April 1950. He was married to Anne and they had three daughters and a son. One of their daughters, Erin Molan, is a media personality and was a presenter of the rugby league television program The Footy Show.{{cite news |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/a-heart-for-canberra-and-the-raiders-20130308-2frmu.html |title=A heart for Canberra and the Raiders|newspaper=The Canberra Times |author=Doherty, Megan |date=9 March 2013 |access-date=4 June 2016}}

On 5 April 2021, Molan announced that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, and that he would be taking leave from the Senate to undergo further testing and treatment.{{cite news |last1=Galloway |first1=Anthony |title=Senator Jim Molan diagnosed with 'aggressive' cancer |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/senator-jim-molan-diagnosed-with-aggressive-cancer-20210405-p57gmh.html |access-date=5 April 2021 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=5 April 2021 |language=en}}

Molan died on 16 January 2023, at age 72.{{cite news |title=Liberal senator Jim Molan dies aged 72 after 'sudden' decline in health |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/17/liberal-senator-jim-molan-dies-aged-72-after-sudden-decline-in-health |access-date=17 January 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=17 January 2023|author=Hurst, Daniel}}

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• [http://www.harpercollins.com.au/cr-109299/jim-molan/ Biography], HarperCollins
• {{cite web |last=Kelly |first=Paul |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801145820/http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/paulkelly/index.php/theaustralian/comments/start_fighting_for_real/ |archive-date=1 August 2008 |url=http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/paulkelly/index.php/theaustralian/comments/start_fighting_for_real/ |title=Start fighting for real |date=23 July 2008 |newspaper=The Australian |access-date=22 October 2009 |url-status=dead |ref=none}}
• {{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/victims-of-war-suffer-long-after-the-troops-have-gone-home-20090531-brmb.html |title=Victims of war suffer long after the troops have gone home |first1=Lyn |last1=Allison |first2=Tim |last2=Wright |date=1 June 2009 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |ref=none}}

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