Monday, August 1, 2011

Military - Australia/US Alliance

1. The defence minister,Stephen Smith is in charge of Australia's armed forces and defence.
2. The Brookings Institution where Smith deliver his speech is located in Washington DC and is an organisation which conducts research in social society, governments and economics.
3. The role of the Australia/US Alliance is to support each country when defence or other issues may need assistance to be resolved. It is important because they can discuss issues involving North Korea.
4. That Asia Pacific has to be involved, and it is exposed to Asia pacific and is becoming very important.
5. Australia has aided with many organisations and helped with its strategic position. These include systems related to ballistic-missile early warning, intelligence collection , submarine communications, and satellite-based communications.
6. The minister said that 9000 Australian companies did business in the US. He also said that they pay an average wage of $US70,000 ($63,490) per employee per annum.
7. Australia is especially important because they infact have something to give back to the US regarding as we have somewhat more power than other countries due to our resources.
8. The country is China.
9. Australia is trying to foster with the US to aid in duture security challenges and change, and they want to be allies and be in a powerful situation in case they need defense or aid.
10. This is extremely important for Australia because it will help Australia's economy to grow and to help Australia's defence and security be strong.

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