Australia's Rudd revives plan to move the navy north

Garden Island navy base
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd revived a plan to move Australia's navy north and out of its eastern base in Sydney Harbour on Tuesday, just three months after a major review of defense strategy ruled out the shift.

Rudd, who is campaigning for re-election on September 7, said he wanted to resurrect the plan to base new missile destroyers and amphibious assault carriers in the northern city of Brisbane.

That would allow faster deployment to potential hotspots or humanitarian disasters in the South Pacific.

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