The home guard
Article Abstract:
This article presents Australian Defense Minister John Moore's reaction to the calls for increased defense spending in response to the crisis in East Timor. Relevant points include Moore's stress on the Defense Department's need to improve its management of existing expenditures, the anticipated impact of a new government white paper on defense strategy, and the need for a well-equipped army as demonstrated by the dispatch of Australian ground forces to East Timor.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1999
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Own your own battleship
Article Abstract:
Private financing is emerging as a growing source of financing Australia's defence and other public projects. Stephen Martin, the shadow defence minister sees future defence financing as the result of a partnership between commercial suppliers and Defence.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 2001
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Wide world of worry
Article Abstract:
This article examines the effect the East Timorese crisis is likely to have on Australia's foreign and defense policies. Relevant points include the probability that globalized peacekeeping will become a fixture for Australia's military.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1999
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