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Peter Leahy

Defence white paper gets AUKUS muscle

The three strategic objectives listed in the 2020 defence update looked like overreach. They now look credible thanks to Australia’s new partnership in AUKUS.

Peter LeahyFormer Chief of Army

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Not many people know that the marching song of the 1st Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps is Waltzing Matilda. They picked it up in 1942 when training in Victoria for World War II.

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