FOREIGN RECRUITMENT
The Albanese government will allow foreign citizens to serve in the Australian Defence Force in an effort to stem a recruitment crisis, the Herald Sun has confirmed. Changes in eligibility rules will mean permanent residents from the US, UK, New Zealand, Canada and Pacific Island nations will be allowed to join the armed forces if they’ve lived here for at least a year and haven’t served with a foreign army. Last month The Daily Telegraph reported that medical eligibility requirements were being loosened too, with conditions that previously automatically precluded up to 70% of applicants no longer being a barrier to entry.
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