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Australian military in Iraq & the ADO's mental health services

Estimates Transcripts | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Tuesday 28th October 2008, 2:19pm
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SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
DEFENCE PORTFOLIO

Senator LUDLAM-Could you give us the figure for the overall ADF deployments in Iraq in terms of your forward estimate?

Air Chief Marshal Houston-In Iraq?

Senator LUDLAM-That is right.

Air Chief Marshal Houston-There are two operations being run at the moment. One is Operation Catalyst and the other is Operation Slipper. Catalyst applies to Iraq and Slipper applies to Afghanistan. In terms of our deployments I will just run through it again. We have a headquarters in Baghdad with about 60 people, we have 109 people in the security detachment, we have about 40 embedded officers in the various coalition headquarters in Baghdad and we have a command team of about 30. We are providing the command team for CTF 158, which is the naval task force that sits in the north Arabian Gulf and provides protection to the two vital platforms there. I said earlier on that the command team was aboard a barge. They are actually now aboard one of the platforms because they have put a facility there. The commodore is sitting there on a platform and is not on a flagship. He controls the protection of those two vital installations from one of those platforms. We also have a frigate in Iraqi territorial waters. At the moment that is about 190-odd people.

Scott in the Senate

Feature | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Friday 19th September 2008, 6:00pm
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Senator Scott Ludlam

Western Australia’s most recently elected Greens Senator, Scott Ludlam set out his parliamentary agenda in his inaugural speech, highlighting the need for immediate action on climate change and an end to the nuclear cycle. Scott put forth an alternate economic model and paid homage to his Green predecessors and activist colleagues.

Greens ‘New Century’ Australia Senate Agenda

Media Release | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam, Sarah Hanson-Young, Rachel Siewert, Christine Milne, Bob Brown
Monday 25th August 2008, 2:27pm
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The Australian Greens today outlined their vision for Australia in the new century ahead of the opening of the Balance-of-Power Senate.

Australian Greens Leader, Senator Bob Brown, said a record 1.17 million people voted Greens at the last election, and the five Greens Senators were ready to work constructively with all parties to respond to the challenges of the new century.

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