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35. Brendan Nicholson, “Subs Need To Be Out There Doing
the Damage,” The Weekend Australian, May 25–26, 2013.
36. Japan is building its own advanced 4,000-4,200 ton submarine.
See, for example, Rex Patrick, “Japanese Flavoured Submarines
for Sea 1000,” Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter, October 31, 2012,
available from www.asiapacificdefencereporter.com/articles/270/JAP-
ANESE-FLAVOURED-SUBMARINES-FOR-SEA-1000.
37. Defence White Paper 2013, p. 88.
38. Ibid.
39. Kym Bergmann, “Better Late Than Never: Wedgetails
Overcome Obstacles to Become Envy of the World,” Defence
Special Report, May 25–26, 2013.
40. Defence White Paper 2013, p. 85.
41. Ibid., pp. 81–82.
42. Defence White Paper 2009, p. 81.
43. Defence White Paper 2013, p. 77.
44. Ibid., p. 71.
45. The vessel is the HMAS Choules, formerly Royal Fleet
Auxiliary Largs Bay. For details on sustainment and maintenance
issues affecting the Royal Australian Navy’s amphibious fleet, see
Paul J. Rizzo, Plan to Reform Support Ship Repair and Management
Practices, Canberra, Australia: Australian Government, Department
of Defence, 2011.
46. See, for example, John Kerin, “Military training to get
chop in budget,” Australian Financial Review, April 2, 2013, available
from www.afr.com/news/policy/defence/military-training-to-getchop-in-budget-20130401-j0yo5.
47. Allan Hawke and Ric Smith, Australian Defence Force Posture
Review, Canberra, Australia: Australian Government, Department
of Defence, March 30, 2012.
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