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ADF focuses on building up ranks of indigenous officers

Young ADF members during a lecture

Young ADF members during a lecture Source: SBS

The number of Indigenous personnel in the Australian Defence Forces has almost doubled over the past five years.


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By Abby Dinham

Source: SBS




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The number of Indigenous personnel in the Australian Defence Forces has almost doubled over the past five years.


The ADF says the next five years will focus on building up the ranks of Indigenous officers and tripling the number of new recruits, as they take the recruitment campaigns into indigenous communities.


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