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Call to restrain prime ministerial war powers

Tony Abbott speaking to the troops in 2015
Tony Abbott speaking to the troops in 2015 Source: AAP

There are renewed calls for greater parliamentary oversight of Australian military deployments to overseas conflict zones.


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By Kristina Kukolja, Mai Hoa

Source: SBS



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There are renewed calls for greater parliamentary oversight of Australian military deployments to overseas conflict zones.


They follow claims from a military scholar that former prime minister Tony Abbott considered sending thousands of troops to Ukraine after a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed in 2014.


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