Year 10: Military - US/Australia Alliance

1. Stephen Smith is the defence minister, he is charge of Australia's defence and armed forces.
2. An organisation in Washington DC, it conducts research in governments, social society and economics.
3. The role is to back each other up when in need, it enables to voice its issues such as North Korea.
4.That Asia Pacific has to be involved, and it is exposed to Asia pacific and is becoming very important.
5. IT hosted or supporting some of the US's most sensitive and critical strategic capabilities, These include systems related to intelligence collection, ballistic-missile early warning, submarine communications, and satellite-based communications.
6. 9000 Australian companies did business in the US. They pay an average wage of $US70,000 ($63,490) per employee per annum and include your largest shopping-centre owner and two of the largest 20 banks.
7. Australia has positive influence on US and gives back to US as opposed to just taking they give back financially and also with defence
8. China
9. Future security challenges and change, and they want to be allies and be in a powerful situation
10. For Australia's economy to grow, to be secure with Australia's defence