US/Australia defence

1. Defence minister his role in the government is to manage the Defence policy of Australian and manage the individual areas associated with it.

2. The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC.

3. The US/Australia defence alliance allows both the USA and Australia to operate together in security and strategic employments in the asia pacific area.

4. Australias global position is relatively close to asia which is important because the region is a national interest for the USA because it has started to become the worlds centre of gravity for economic, political, military and strategic influences.

5. Over the past 50 years Australia has made contributions to the alliance by hosting and supporting some the USA's most sensitve security and strategic capabilities which relate to intelligence based systems like ballistic missile warnings and submarine communications.

6. These companies who do business with Australia provide income to the employees of the associated business in conjuction with the Australian companies.

7. The minister points out that this relationship is based on economic factors and trade which influence the defence relationship and provide a level of trust and familiarity to either of the countries involved.

8. The country that is central to the relationship between the USA and Australia is China. China is important because of its emerging status as being one of the worlds economic superpowers.

9. Australia is trying to foster a defence relationship much like the one they posses with the USA.

10. It is necessary for Australia to establish this relationship to ensure the security of the region and to be an important ally for China when it becomes one of the worlds biggest superpowers.



1. The US is planning to locate a base in Woomera, Australia in order to have greater access to Australian training and test ranges and have a greater influence on Australias military.

2.When this base is completed the coordination between American and Australian forces will increase greatly as the two sides will become more familiar and succinct in tactics and training.

Australian nuclear target.

1. Kevin Rudds role is the minister for foreign affairs and his role is to act as a diplomat that will represent Australia and communicate between Australian and different countries around the world.

2.Kevin Rudds concern is that the instability of the Korean peninsula and the volatile nature of North Korea are threats to Australia and its national safety.

3. Kevin Rudd expressed his views and concerns at the ASEAN regional forum.

4. North Korea has carried out several hostile actions including torpedoing South Korean naval ships, shelling civilian homes and developing a Uranium weapons program. These actions have alarmed Kevin Rudd and prompted him to lash out at the forum.

5. The 'Taepodong-2' which is a long range missle capable of travelling 15000km making it a threat to Northern Australia.

6. Kevin Rudd is aiming to identify and expose North Koreas possible intentions by calling out the North Korean counterpart this calling out will prompt other countries to recognise this threat and take action to ensure it is no longer dangerous. This relates to Australias relationship with the region as being a country with strong ties to the UK and the USA in terms of allies and diplomatic communication.

7. Australias relationship with major allies is predominantly associated with defence and trade which makes it an important ally and thus worthy of protection from threats like the North Korean weapons program.