Calling in the army for the vaccine rollout and every other emergency shows how ill-prepared we are
- Written by John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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News the army’s Lieutenant General John “JJ” Frewen has been picked to lead a new COVID-19 vaccination task force has prompted fresh discussion of the defence force’s role in Australia.
Frewen, already the commander of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) COVID-19 task force, will now also direct a...