The recent arrest in Britain have led to ever increasing restrictions on carry-on luggage, with liquids and possible liquid and gel containers being banned. Air travel has been transformed from a cheap and useful form of transportation to a massively time consuming and inconvenient form of travel. It does not have to be that way.
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Sea of Sands covers Senator Hill's comment
that a new Defence White Paper was not necessary. The Defence White Paper from 2000 covers Australian strategic doctrine and serves as the basis for capability, readiness, procurement and deployment. The previous white paper was before the terrorist attacks on America in 2001. Since then the United States has chosen to pursue terrorism as a military objective - and Australia has joined them in this. We now have several years experience in combating terrorism from a military point of view, what can be learnt from it, and should we reassess our doctrine in a 2005 Defence White Paper?
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