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Friday, April 24, 2009

Australian Govt to release first defence White Paper since 2000

Defence Minister Joel FitzgibbonThe federal government is close to releasing its first defence White Paper in nine years - a period when security issues have multiplied to include terrorism, far flung wars and turmoil in the Pacific Islands.

The White Paper could be delivered as early as next week and will be the first since 2000 when the biggest single security issue was Indonesian bellicosity over East Timor.

Since then, terrorists rammed hijacked airliners into buildings in New York and Washington, US and Australian troops went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan and close neighbours such as the Solomons teetered on the brink of collapse.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete28/4/09 08:13

    Waiting, waiting.

    Maybe:

    - 12 (AIP, Tomahawk) Collins submarines, and

    - 100 F-35s in 25 plane increments

    expected.

    All over 15 years.

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