Australia's military structure, preparedness and investments to be reviewed for first time in a decade

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Australia's military structure, preparedness and investments to be reviewed for first time in a decade

Former defence minister Stephen Smith will join retired Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston in conducting the first review of Defence Force structure in a decade.

www.abc.net.au

 

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They'll likely come up with some real ideas.

Unlike the clown shows at the Pearson Bunker, 101, and Langivan Block.

Canada must put China ‘front and centre’ in Indo-Pacific strategy or it risks irrelevance, experts say

The first draft of the federal government’s Indo-Pacific strategy, which it has been quietly formulating since 2020, made no mention of China, sources say

www.theglobeandmail.com

A telling comment:

Mr. Jennings said Canada is “pretty marginal” in Australia and runs the risk of becoming more marginal in Washington if it doesn’t lay out a clear view on China.

“If the strategy just comes up with pap, then … a lot of capitals will be unimpressed with that and start saying, ‘Well, can we trust the Canadians working on military technology projects?’ ” Mr. Jennings said. “Or, ‘Is Canada still fully signed up to intelligence exchanges that we can be confident about?’ ”

 

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They'll likely come up with some real ideas.

Unlike the clown shows at the Pearson Bunker, 101, and Langivan Block.

Canada must put China ‘front and centre’ in Indo-Pacific strategy or it risks irrelevance, experts say

The first draft of the federal government’s Indo-Pacific strategy, which it has been quietly formulating since 2020, made no mention of China, sources say

www.theglobeandmail.com

A telling comment:

Mr. Jennings said Canada is “pretty marginal” in Australia and runs the risk of becoming more marginal in Washington if it doesn’t lay out a clear view on China.

“If the strategy just comes up with pap, then … a lot of capitals will be unimpressed with that and start saying, ‘Well, can we trust the Canadians working on military technology projects?’ ” Mr. Jennings said. “Or, ‘Is Canada still fully signed up to intelligence exchanges that we can be confident about?’ ”

We’re fucked. If Australia had already figured it out - as many of us have - then we’ll soon be cut out of many things.

Remember what the PM said about China.