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 GENERAL
COMMENTS - this
page is only a very brief overview. (See also ARMED
SERVICES)
a. Vastly expanded multi skilling - linked with civilian organisations. b. Expanded and earlier participation in natural disasters. b. Involvement in civil engineering, technology and communications projects. c. Added involvement in coastal surveillance.
d. Expanded civilian involvement in military
activities
(New volunteer cadet and adult training opportunities in a
NOTE# GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) sees no need for conscription. e. Wider military participation in civil emergency operations such as fire, flood, ambulance and drought relief. See below for more on the above points. Only the strong can uplift the weak. Under GLOBAL ACTION Australia's armed services will be well equipped, smart and strong. INDEPENDENCE / SELF RELIANCE
The armed services will be encouraged to work closely with industry to create new technological opportunities. THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE ARMED SERVICES IN THE FUTURE The idea of huge armies has long been relegated to the pages of dusty history books. The future for the armed services lies in intelligence gathering, logistics, stealth, smart technology and the expert knowledge of when and how to use it. GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) sees absolutely no place for nuclear weapons in the Australian armed forces scenario. SUPPLY / REPLACEMENT GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) will order an immediate review of Australia's present defensive and deterrent capabilities, perceived risks to the nation in the foreseeable future and proposed responses. In addition: a. The suitability of all present equipment will be reviewed. b. Present personnel levels will be reviewed. c. Training methods and suitability will be reviewed. REGIONAL DEFENCE GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) will maintain all present alliances and defence pact obligations will be honoured. A review of regional defence needs will be ordered. INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) will honour all existing United Nations peacekeeping obligations and if and when called upon will consider future new operations on a case by case basis. It is not the policy of GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) to be drawn into pointless conflicts for political gain, but when real danger or injustice threatens Australia will be there - with clout. SPECIAL OPERATIONS / COUNTER TERRORISM The new face of war (terror) is in fact a very old one. Murderers and saboteurs have always existed. Surprise always catches the unwary. The added dimension is high technology. While the lessons learned on September 11th in the USA, in Bali, and in Afghanistan and Iraq are invaluable, they are already out of date. GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) will ensure that our military forces train to be not one but several steps ahead of the enemy (whoever he/she may be and wherever he/she may come from) at all times. INTELLIGENCE Far greater co operation will take place between civilian and military intelligence gathering organisations than ever before as new methods of intelligence gathering are developed. The them and us attitude that has existed between civilian and military services will come to an end as GLOBAL ACTION AUSTRALIA legislates to allow the nation to pull together in the war against terrorism. Close working relationships between government the Defence Intelligence Organisations (DIO), Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) are envisaged. DEFENSE, TECHNOLOGY AND AEROSPACE INDUSTRY LIAISONS GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) will initiate and foster strong pathways to allow Australian armed services providers, the aerospace industry and other manufacturers to identify, research, finance, develop and supply innovative world class military defence and deterrent solutions.
"On 27 June 2002, the Australian Government decided to commence negotiation with the United States to participate in the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the international Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. The
Minister
for Defence indicated that joining the JSF program would enable the
Australian
Defence Force to access levels of capability and technology in an
aircraft
that is a generation ahead of other contemporary aircraft. Australia's
partnership in the program would also ensure that Australian industry
was
able to compete for JSF work, and provide opportunities to participate
in the development, production and through-life support phases of the
program."
GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) supports, in principle, the JSF program, but will also explore avenues in Britain, Europe and Israel. GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) also sees the following as vital to Australia's national security:
a. A vastly improved and smarter intelligence
gathering
capability - based upon Australian technology and b. Surveillance drone and smart bomb development projects. c. Expansion of our marine rapid response capability. Hydrofoil, aerofoil. d. Cannard and scramjet technology. d. Communications and Intelligence gathering Satellite technology (see Aerospace Industry). e. An effective Australian missile defense system such as that now in place in Israel.
f. Application of smart technology such as pin
point delivery systems able to cleanly eliminate the military
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT As end users of military technology GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) sees a great need for the armed services to have access to the defence, aerospace and other technology and manufacturing sectors of Australian industry to widen the choices available for the defense of the nation. Buying foreign military equipment off the shelf has in the past been expensive, caused delays in delivery, and in many cases equipment was not up to our optimum military requirements. GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) proposes that all procurement branches of the military work closely with Australian owned and operated providers at all levels to deliver optimum and cost effect solutions for Australia's future military needs. Rebuilding our Defence Industry is in line with GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA'S) strong commitment to rebuild the Australian manufacturing industry. Areas of interest include: a. Identification of military needs and confirmation that those needs are accurate. b. Identification of innovative potential Australian solution providers.
c. Implementation of security measures to protect and
ensure secrecy around official military projects and d. Facing budgets and financing realities.
e. Delivering effective Australian military hardware
and software solutions to the armed services at all times on
f. A more visible presence in and around the civilian community to build confidence in our armed services. EXPANDED PARTICIPATION IN NATURAL DISASTERS The Australian armed services (like all military services) hold large reserves of plant and equipment that find limited use in peacetime, but which could be utilized effectively in natural disasters and other civil spheres. GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) proposes that by putting this plant and equipment to better use cost savings can be achieved and more up ot date equipment can then be purchased. Interdepartmental policy, funding details, to what extent and the methods whereby the above could be best achieved will be examined. Key areas of possible co-operation or expanded co-operation would include:
a. Airforce - expanded drought relief operations.
Fire
and Flood relief. Communications, b. Navy - search and rescue. c. Army - Civil engineering projects. Quake, fire drought and flood relief. INVOLVEMENT IN CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS With Australia's expanded peacekeeping role under the United Nations GLOBAL ACTION sees the need for the armed services to be able to more quickly and effectively integrate and work with civilian authorities in numerous projects that involve the restoration of damaged civil infrastructure in the form of roads, bridges, power, water etc. Training
for this should begin at home in Australia - so that if our service
personnel
are used overseas they will already have the skills necessary to
efficiently
complete the job.
COASTAL SURVEILLANCE GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) sees an expanded role in coastal surveillance, customs and information interchange for the armed services. CIVILIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY - YOUTH TRAINING GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) does no support or see any need for any form of compulsory conscription into the armed services. We do however recognise the need for employment, training, building self esteem, acquiring worthwhile values and a sense of belonging to the Australian community. GLOBAL ACTION (AUSTRALIA) proposes to confront the above needs in the following ways: a. Significantly expand the volunteer school cadets program. b. Significantly expand options for the volunteer reservists and part time service in the armed services. c. Create an Australian National Guard comprising:
Former service personnel
d. Consider a proposal to place some community
offenders
and long term unemployed youth who display no USEFUL LINKS http://www.defence.gov.au SALE
OF SENSITIVE
AUSTRALIAN TECHOLOGY TO FOREIGN NATIONS
Global Action will campaign for
greater Australian control over Australian assets in all their forms
and will review all relevant legislation involving the disclosure or
sale of sensitive design, technology or systems to foreign agencies or
governments. THE FUTURE SHAPE OF THE THREE SERVICES The following article is taken from
the United States (Paths to
Extinction: The US Air Force in 2025) but provides a good many
insights into future demands upon our own defence capacity in a rapidly
changing world. The days of the cold war are well
and truly over. The enemy now appears in many new and different guises,
as seen here. The Nature of War
and Warfare are Changing Equally important is the ambiguity
of the present and future security environment. Who, or what, is our
adversary? Increasingly, the threats to national and international order both here and abroad are coming from what we might call nontraditional adversaries—international crime cartels, domestic terrorists, multinational nonstate actors, drug lords, international business and economic espionage, large numbers of refugees fleeing economic, social and political oppression, the international transmission of disease, and simple, everyday, corrosive corruption. Investment in expensive and sophisticated space-based systems seems even less appropriate than it really is. What would the air campaign look like against these threats? What results could be expected? Urban blight, decayed infrastructure, failed welfare programs, inadequate education, fouled air and water, rampant population growth, environmental degradation, species depletion, and a host of other problems are serious threats to security. But they have no traditional military solutions—at least none that are acceptable to an American in the last decade of the 20th century. For those insidious and covert threats, how does one use military force to alleviate in the symptoms if not defeat them? If terrorists act without claiming responsibility, against whom do we retaliate? All of these make the military case for national security more difficult, to fund and preserve. It may be particularly difficult for the USAF; how does one employ an F-22 against any of these? Wars in the future may be radically different from those to which we are accustomed—and they could run a wide gamut of possibilities. They could be high-tech information wars among nonstate actors using nonlethal weapons, leaving little collateral damage and no “finger prints” (or leaving false ones) of responsibility. Or, they may be more primitive affairs, reminiscent of the Camp of the Saints scenario in which masses of human beings with nothing to lose migrate toward those who do and bodies replace bullets as the weapons of choice. How would the West respond to hordes of barbarians at the gates of civilization? There could be warfare among highly specialized, loosely organized technological elites, not in uniform, who conduct campaigns by telecommuting. Or, there could be increasingly little societal interest society in military issues as more and more of society’s energies and resources are absorbed by problems within; for example, crime and punishment, law and order. And, some form of confrontation between the over-thirty rich and the poor but angry global teenager seems likely. Full paper http://csat.au.af.mil/2025/volume4/vol4ch01.pdf
Also see: AEROSPACE INDUSTRY ARMED SERVICES ASIO DEFENCE INDUSTRY FOREIGN AFFAIRS MANUFACTURING CUSTOMS SERVICE LAW AND ORDER  GIVE US YOUR
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GLOBAL
ACTION (AUSTRALIA) will create the opportunity for Australia to rapidly
grow its technology, marine and aerospace industries with a view to
becoming less dependent upon expensive foreign equipment, spare parts
and
supplies. Rather than an importer, Australia will become a
dynamic
exporter of technology. 
A US military plane equipped with a powerful laser has
moved a step closer to becoming a viable weapon. 
The recent sale of Australian catamaran designs and
technology by 