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$5 Billion For Defence Boost

23 May 2001

Defence gets its largest peacetime funding writes Mark Forbes... read full story

The Defence Story So Far . . .

23 May 2001

THE PAST AFTER years of declining resources and status, the successful East Timor deployment resurrected the military's fortunes. The lessons of Timor helped shift a focus from continental defence, protecting the nation's approaches, to last year's Defence white paper embracing regional peacekeepi.. read full story