The media seems to have lost interest in the Acting Defence Minister and Minister of Defence Personnel's amazing - to me at least - announcement to Channel 9 that the Albanese government is “looking overseas to recruit NON-CITIZENS to join the Australian military”. Pacific Islanders are mentioned. Their governments might have something to say about that.

Enlistment in the ADF requires Australian citizenship, except in a very few circumstances. The ADF is not the French Foreign Legion!

This touches on the use of mercenaries; illegal under international law. But, who the hell knows what out-of-control politicians and bureaucrats can get away with these days.

To paraphrase the 1960s comic, “It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Australia”.

Yuyutsu,
Take a good long look in the mirror & then tell us a NS is not needed !

Dear Indyvidual,

Another irrelevant response, anything but looking us in the face and stating a straight 'Yes' or a straight 'No'.

Are you suggesting perhaps, that despite having been conscripted when young, forcefully snatched from university and being subjected to the harshest military discipline for much longer than your proposed one-year "NS", I am still left without discipline, only because my kind of discipline is not your kind of discipline?

"The media seems to have lost interest in the Acting Defence Minister and Minister of Defence Personnel's amazing - to me at least - announcement to Channel 9 that the Albanese government is “looking overseas to recruit NON-CITIZENS to join the Australian military”. Pacific Islanders are mentioned. Their governments might have something to say about that."

- I'm fairly certain Australia would offer them citizenship.

forcefully snatched from university and being subjected to the harshest military discipline for much longer than your proposed one-year "NS
Yuyutsu,
How is a Gap year service "snatching" people out of Uni ? Who proposed a "harsh military discipline for longer than the NS of twelve months" ?
Those with a mentality healthier than you could ever comprehend would be role models for the likes of you to learn from.
You keep missing the point of everyone cooperating to have a better society than constantly having to waste time on people like you. Don't you think you'd feel better & have something to look forward to instead of Ground Hog Day ? Try to understand instead of dredging for excuses simply so you can feel you're winning an argument !

Indy,

This is merely a vague thought bubble on your part, can you point to any similar system operating anywhere in the world like you propose? You give absolutely no detail about this idea. Where, when how.