... Australia. However, since 2001 Australian defence doctrine shifted perspectives and priorities as the DOD acknowledged that the threat of conventional attack on Australia had diminished while the ADF was increasingly likely the be deployed well beyond Australia as part of an international coalition. In various releases from the DOD and statements from the Minister the government strongly affirmed that it had ... changed the way it approached the defence of the nation. The Government's willingness and ability to adapt the ADF in the wake of these changes and to anticipate further changes ...

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