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Australia Launches Defense White Paper Community Consultation Program

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Friday, June 6th, 2008

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Australian Minister for Defence, Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP, June 5 launched the Defence White Paper Community Consultation Program and released a public discussion paper "Key Questions for Defence in the 21st Century" during an event at Parliament House. "As a key component of this program, the public discussion paper will help us to generate ideas and expand the public debate about Defence and security that is so essential to the White Paper process," Fitzgibbon said. "The paper will inform and…

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