Jim Wallace (Australian activist)

James John Arundel Wallace, AM is a retired Australian Army officer and a current lobbyist on social issues.

[5][6] Wallace has publicly expressed opposition to women in combat[7] and changing the Marriage Act of Australia.

[12] The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Wallace "suggested a homosexual lifestyle was more hazardous to health than smoking.

"[13][14] In response Prime Minister Julia Gillard called Wallace's comments "heartless", "wrong" and "totally unacceptable", and cancelled a speech she had planned to give to the ACL's national conference.

[18] Wallace also commentates on defence and security issues,[19] having lived in the Middle East where he served with the United Nations in Lebanon and Syria.