Defence Minister Richard Marles has admitted that there are a “lot of challenges” with keeping personnel in the defence force in the wake of a landmark review.
found Australia’s current military posture is currently “not fit for purpose”Speaking after the landmark review was unveiled, Mr Marles said the nation must meet its targets of increasing personnel over the coming years.
Richard Marles has conceded that workforce retention remains a key issue for the Australian Defence Force in the wake of a sweeping review. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage “There are a lot of challenges with workforce which exist in that realm,” he told Sky News Australia.“One is, there is a path to increasing the ADF over the next 20 years which we need to be able to meet. So, the ADF is actually going to need to grow.”
Mr Marles noted that the previous government had a goal of taking personnel numbers from 62,000 to 80,000 – adding the ADF was “leaking” personnel under them. “If we are going to do anything like that, we need to at least be in a position where the ADF is not going backwards,” he said.We commissioned the Defence Strategic Review to make sure Australia is more secure.
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