Think North: Force Posture and the Defence White Paper

Abstract

The 2012 Force Structure Review (FSR) provides critical policy recommendations for the 2013 Defence White Paper. During the period since the last FSR the ADF has continued to operate in peace keeping, monitoring and enforcement operations round the globe, but has also undertaken significant operations in East Timor, the Solomon Islands, Iraq, and Afghanistan as well as border protection. This has been a period of high-tempo operations for the ADF that has combined distant expeditionary deployments with operations closer to home. Show more