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.