Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Andrew Hastie

Early life and education

• We need to repeat his full name and birth date here; otherwise it is unreferenced.
• Link "primary school", as this will not be understood by an international readership
• "Hastie's maternal grandfather Reginald, a war veteran" Do we know of which war"
• "His father Peter" Commas around "Peter"
• "church pastor" Is there another kind? And link pastor
• Link Presbyterian church
• Define UNSW on first use (although it is fairly obvious)
• Link Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918.
• Use "he" instead of "Hastie" after first use in the third paragraph.

Done all. With the maternal grandfather bit. I've removed mention of Reginald (by name) or of them being a war veteran as it is not supported by the source. This article has had issues with connected contributors in the past and I suspect that bit was original research. I have however, added detail about his paternal grandfather being a Flight Lieutenant who served in the Pacific War. With UNSW, I've replaced it with the full name and have not defined the acronym as it is only used once in the whole article. TarnishedPath^talk 11:10, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Scratch what I wrote about UNSW. It is used more than once. I've defined it. TarnishedPath^talk 11:12, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Military career

• I would say "posted to" instead of "posted with"; the latter would imply a temporary assignment
• Not seeing the relevance of fn 11. Doesn't seem to cover the text.

Done. No idea what fn 11 was about. TarnishedPath^talk 11:20, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Political career

• Link Division of Canning

Done. TarnishedPath^talk 11:35, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

• Link Liberal Party of Australia, Australian Labor Party.

Done. TarnishedPath^talk 11:35, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Ps, I linked the Liberal Party of Australia in the lead in case you're wondering. TarnishedPath^talk 11:36, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

• Do we know when he joined the party?

2013. See Special:Diff/1365789192 where I move a sentence from the military career section and add a bit more. Being up front here, one of the sources used is Herald Sun, which I have removed from numerous articles as I consider it to be not reliable; however, this particular Herald Sun article is an interview with Hastie and so I think it passes WP:ABOUTSELF. TarnishedPath^talk 12:12, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

• "media criticism about his family's religious beliefs" Can you elaborate on whet these were? And are we talking about his father or himself?
• "the government of Malcolm Turnbull who had" Comma after "Turnbull"
• "This moved the seat from "marginal" to "fairly safe" according to the Australian Electoral Commission." Actually, the reference says it moved from "safe" to "fairly safe".
• " Scott Morrison was subsequently elected leader of the Liberal Party, thus becoming Prime Minister of Australia as leader of the majority party in the House of Representatives." Reference required here.
• Link Minister for Defence (Australia)#List of assistant ministers for defence
• Use "he" instead of "Hastie" after first use in the first paragraph of "Opposition (2022–present)"
• Link Anthony Albanese
• Link nuclear power in Australia. You could consider a few words to put this in context.
• "conservative MP Angus Taylor" Do we really need " conservative MP"? It is a false title.
• "this time under Taylor" Seems redundant to me.
• "the position of Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives, a position which had become available" I would say, "had been re-created"

Views

• Use "he" instead of "Hastie" after first use in the first "China" paragraph.
• Link ABC News (Australia)
• Labor should have been linked earlier
• Link Same-sex marriage in Australia and Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017
• Nothing about his religious views?

Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:29, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Hawkeye7, thankyou for time undertaking this review. I'll try and address some of your points tonight. TarnishedPath^talk 23:34, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

I've just addressed all of these points except his religious views. I'll address that later. There is some sourcing on it. Ps, Same-sex marriage in Australia was already linked on the words "same-sex marriage" in the marriage equality section. Also the linking of Labor was addressed above, so I've removed the link there. TarnishedPath^talk 12:21, 24 July 2026 (UTC)