Disasters, defence and pandemics: What the cabinet papers reveal about 2005

Hundreds of newly released cabinet papers reveal the inner workings of the Howard government in the mid-noughties with warnings about the role that defence personnel should play in Afghanistan and Australia's preparedness for a pandemic.

Aceh, Indonesia, in 2005 Source: AAP / AHMAD YUSNI/EPA

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Disasters, defence and pandemics: What the cabinet papers reveal about 2005

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