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Mr Marles said his
was changing its recruitment
for security reasons. He said: "The Australian Government has chosen to grow the Australian Defence Force because it is
to meet the nation's security
through the next
and beyond." A Defence Ministry spokesperson said: "We're being
in order to grow the ADF. Recruiting from a wider
of people will help ensure [the ADF] reflects the full
of Australia, and is able to draw on the
of [all] of Australian society." Opposition Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham disagreed with the policy. He said it showed government failure. He said: "We should be seeing more Australians with the
to sign up."
