$121,907,000,000 - Social Security and Welfare
$96,797,000,000 - General Government Services
$59,858,000,000 - Health
$29,870,000,000 - Education
$21,277,000,000 - Defence
$14,843,000,000 - Industry and Workforce
$13,221,000,000 - Infrastructure, Transport and Energy
$8,044,000,000 - Community Services and Culture
There is little to no strategic benefit to Australia, other than alliance politics, to send more forces to Iraq.
If there was a greater threat in the region Australia would develop expeditionary forces in order undertake selective offensives aganst such threats. A defensive strategy will most likely fail given the size of the area to be defended and the resources we could summon in an emergency.
$96,797,000,000 - General Government Services
$59,858,000,000 - Health
$29,870,000,000 - Education
$21,277,000,000 - Defence
$14,843,000,000 - Industry and Workforce
$13,221,000,000 - Infrastructure, Transport and Energy
$8,044,000,000 - Community Services and Culture
There is little to no strategic benefit to Australia, other than alliance politics, to send more forces to Iraq.
If there was a greater threat in the region Australia would develop expeditionary forces in order undertake selective offensives aganst such threats. A defensive strategy will most likely fail given the size of the area to be defended and the resources we could summon in an emergency.