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Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

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A Model for a New Army

Community Comments on the From Phantom to Force Parliamentary Report into the Army

The Committee presented its report A Model for a New Army: Community Comments on the From Phantom to Force Parliamentary Report into the Army to Parliament on the 24 September 2001. Copies of the individual chapters or the full report are available in PDF format or from the Committee Secretariat

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Contents of report:

 Contents, Foreword and Recommendations (PDF Format 38KB)

 Chapter 1 Report Rationale and Structure (PDF Format 19KB)

 Chapter 2 The Necessity for Enhanced Capability (PDF Format 41KB)

 Chapter 3 Affordable Change or Expensive Whim? (PDF Format 132KB)

 Chapter 4 What can be achieved? (PDF Format 22KB)

 Chapter 5 Community Feedback (PDF Format 37KB)

 Chapter 6 Changes to the Report? (PDF Format 25KB)

 Appendix A: Submissions (PDF Format 11KB)

 Appendix B: Public Hearings and Witness List (PDF Format 10KB)

 Appendix C: Recommendations from the From Phantom to Force Report (PDF Format 18KB)

 Full Report (PDF Format 288KB)

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