Australia re-pivots to a core Indo-Pacific

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The Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Scott Morrison, at the launch of the 2020 Defence Strategic Update and the 2020 Force Structure Plan at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra. *** Local Caption *** The Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Scott Morrison, and the Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds, launched the 2020 Defence Strategic Update and the 2020 Force Structure Plan at the Australian Defence Force Academy on 1 July 2020. The Defence Strategic Update sets out the Government’s new defence strategy, which has three core objectives: to shape Australia’s strategic environment; deter actions against Australia’s interests; and respond with credible military force, when required. The Force Structure Plan sets out current and future Defence capability investments to ensure Australia can continue to deliver a potent, agile, affordable, and sustainable Defence Force in line with the Government’s strategy.

On the 1st of July 2020, Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, explained “we need to prepare for a post-COVID world that is more dangerous, and that is more disorderly”, so…