Australians must 'pay the price of preparedness' says ANU Professor Rory Medcalf as US troop numbers increase

Harley Dennett
Updated December 8 2022 - 9:23am, first published December 7 2022 - 6:15pm
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, Foreign Minister Penny Wong, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Picture Getty Images
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, Foreign Minister Penny Wong, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Picture Getty Images

Permanent residents should become eligible for public service careers and security clearances comprehensively revisited in a push to make Australia safer, urges the head of Australia's National Security College.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.