Only people from other members of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing partnership, including the UK, will be eligible.
The Australian military will begin recruiting some non-citizens in a bid to boost troop numbers, the country’s government has said.
Mr Marles, who is also deputy prime minister, said the change was a major step towards addressing a 4,400-person shortfall in the Australian Defence Force, whose target strength is 63,600 full-time personnel. The government intends to increase that number to 80,000 by 2040. “In a far less certain world, do we have an ability to be able to resist coercion of any adversary and to make our way?” he added.
The New Zealand Defence Force is short of 1,300 uniformed personnel, officials reported in February, after losing 30% of its military personnel between 2021 and last year. Australia has struck a partnership with the US and UK that promises to create an Australian fleet of submarines powered by US nuclear technology.
Mr Marles said he had raised a recent clash between the two militaries at a weekend meeting with Chinese defence minister Dong Jun.
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