Australia Opens Armed Forces to Non-Citizens

• 10 Jun 2024

Source: TH 

Australia will allow non-citizen permanent residents who have been living in Australia for at least 12 months to join the Australian armed forces starting in July 2024. 

• This is due to Australia struggling to meet recruitment targets for its military. 
• Citizens from the Five Eyes countries will be favoured to join. 
  • The Five Eyes is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the US. 
  • These countries are parties to the multilateral UK-USA Agreement. 
• Australia is bolstering its military by ramping up recruitment in response to a perceived growing threat from China and a current defence personnel count of around 90,000.

Read more:  India-Australia Relations