The Australian answer to the Somali syndrome

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US peacekeeping forces in Mogadishu, Somalia could have benefitted from following the techniques used by Australia during their occupation of the city of Baidoa. The Australian forces used a plan based on a community approach to peacekeeping and related well to the population, but also actively disarmed rebels unlike the Americans. The Australians found great success in the peacekeeping mission.

Management, Australia, Evaluation, Military policy, Peacekeeping forces, Armed forces in foreign countries, American

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Days of our lives: the 1997 election in the Northern Territory

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The Aug 1997 elections returned the Country-Liberal Party (CLP) to the Northern Territory's Legislative Assembly with an increased majority of representatives. This is the eighth consecutive year the CLP has captured victory. The incumbency factor contributed somewhat to the outcome, but more so the new boundaries of the electorates.

Elections, Northern Territory

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