Former secretary of the home affairs department recommends preparation of a ‘war book’ to allocate roles in the event of conflict
Michael Pezzullo, formerly secretary of the home affairs department, has said Australia needs a ‘war book’ to put it on a proper footing in the event of conflict.Michael Pezzullo, formerly secretary of the home affairs department, has said Australia needs a ‘war book’ to put it on a proper footing in the event of conflict.
”The war books of those times were guides on what would need to be done and by whom, in the event of war. Preparing a new war book would help to focus the national mind.”after an independent inquiry found he had breached the government’s code of conduct at least 14 times. Sections of Pezzullo’s address to the seminar werein an online defence publication Second Line of Defense, or SDL. Guardian Australia understands the quotes published on the site are accurate.
“The most important question is whether a nation at large has the structures, capabilities and above all the mindset and the will that are required to fight and keep fighting to absorb, recover, endure and prevail. These cannot be put in place or engendered on the eve of the storm.”In a separate new interview for the Meridian100 podcast, released on Thursday, Pezzullo insisted his comments in the Anzac Day message had been misconstrued as suggesting war was inevitable.
“It was more about war in general and ‘is our society ready for the idea?’ Not just reflecting on war in the past but it’s something that we have to potentially consider for the future. And it’s just not clear to me that we’ve got the right mindset. As shocking as the thought of that is, I’m not sure that we’ve got the right mindset to anticipate that.”
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