Without women, Australia’s defence force will struggle to recruit enough people

Tue, 8 Apr 2025 19:15:28 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/without-women-australias-defence-force-will-struggle-to-recruit-enough-people-253844>

"Australia faces crisis-level workforce shortfalls in security and defence.
Recruiting more people to the defence force is now an urgent matter of national
security.

So, comments – such as those recently made by a Liberal candidate that we “need
to remove females from combat corps” in order to “fix” the military – come at
the worst possible time.

Such beliefs are not just unhelpful. They are dangerous.

Without women in the national security workforce, and in combat roles,
Australia will fail to hit its recruitment targets – at a time of critical
international insecurity."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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