Militarisation by stealth

Michael Head

Militarisation by stealth

School of Law

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Abstract

This article discusses the changes of the role of the Australian Defence Forces (ADF) since the declaration of the "War on Terror". The author argues that since September 11, 2001, the federal government has substantially increased the peacetime powers of the military for domestic purposes. Conditioning the public to accept the change in core business of the armed forces to include domestic security which has always been a responsibility of each state's police force, according to the Australian Constitution.

Original language	English
Number of pages	6
Journal	Overland
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

Australia
Australia. Australian Defence Force
Australia. Constitution Act
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
law and legislation
national security

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Militarisation by stealth

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