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ARTICLE · 05 AUGUST 2021

The laws governing military deployment on the Australian public

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The governor general has the power to call out ADF troops to assist with issues that threaten Commonwealth interests.

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Paul Gregoire
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As of this morning, three hundred Australian Defence Force troops have been deployed primarily to southwest and western Sydney to help state law enforcement police ensure the diverse communities of lower socioeconomic standing comply with COVID stay-at-home orders.

NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller put in a request to PM Scott Morrison last Thursday afternoon, asking for ADF assistance in patrolling eight local government areas under enhanced pandemic restrictions, following the state's largest number of recorded COVID cases earlier that day.

There have been over 200 defence force personnel assisting at Sydney Airport and with quarantine operations in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic. However, deploying the army to police citizens on their front doorsteps is a very different matter.

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