{"id":7325,"date":"2020-05-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=7325"},"modified":"2020-05-21T08:07:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T22:07:27","slug":"the-case-for-automated-airbases-in-a-post-pandemic-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/the-case-for-automated-airbases-in-a-post-pandemic-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"The case for automated airbases in a post-pandemic Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a constant in Australian defence: not enough people. In peacetime, the defence organisation\u2019s difficulties with recruitment are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/nation\/defence\/defence-says-recruiting-retaining-personnel-a-major-challenge\/news-story\/68dd15eb0feea8aa369dede5b47f6b68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an ongoing saga<\/a>, occasionally surfacing in headlines like \u2018Sailor shortage strands Australian warship HMAS Perth in dry dock for two years\u2019. With less drama, ASPI\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspi.org.au\/report\/cost-defence-aspi-defence-budget-brief-2019-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marcus Hellyer<\/a>&nbsp;revealed real problems reaching workforce objectives; since 2016, the number of Australian Defence Force personnel has risen by only 600 against a target of 1,730.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In wartime, it\u2019s even worse. In both world wars, Australia\u2019s defence workforce reached capacity. At the end of the day, Australia has a small population, yet it has big ambitions and wants to punch above its weight. Constraints from a workforce of limited size are inevitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It may get worse. Australia is a small country living in,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspi.org.au\/report\/living-giants-finding-australias-place-more-complex-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as Coral Bell termed it<\/a>, a neighbourhood of giants. Unexpected events can make it smaller, as happened with the pandemic and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/minister.homeaffairs.gov.au\/davidcoleman\/Pages\/Coronavirus-and-Temporary-Visa-holders.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">government\u2019s call<\/a>&nbsp;to temporary visa holders to leave.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceda.com.au\/Digital-hub\/Blogs\/CEDA-Blog\/March-2020\/COVID-19-crisis-How-temporary-migrants-are-being-left-behind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hundreds of thousands<\/a>&nbsp;who were in the workforce at the start of 2020 have left and it\u2019s been suggested that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/nation\/covid19-australias-great-exodus-revealed\/news-story\/643e22b0b3023a177e9dacaa03b8c830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">about 600,000<\/a>&nbsp;will be gone by year\u2019s end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/nation\/covid19-australias-great-exodus-revealed\/news-story\/643e22b0b3023a177e9dacaa03b8c830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">former immigration official recently said<\/a>, \u2018We could be on the verge of the biggest percentage and absolute decline in our population since 1788\u2019. It may take years to get back to the population size Australia had four months ago. All of this&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastasiaforum.org\/?p=247264\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will accelerate<\/a>&nbsp;the demographic ageing of Australia\u2019s overall workforce. The pool of younger people the ADF can recruit from will become even smaller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These developments will not help Defence with its workforce issues, in peace or war. A smaller Australian workforce affects all sectors. None will be immune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Please click here to read the full \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thechinastory.org\/australias-top-china-journalist-expelled-by-beijing\/\">T<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.org.au\/the-case-for-automated-airbases-in-a-post-pandemic-australia\/\">he case for automated airbases in a post-pandemic Australia<\/a>\u201d article published at The Strategist, written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/asia-institute\/our-researchers\/dr-tess-newton-cain\">Griffith Asia Institute, visiting fellow, Dr Peter Layton<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> A post-pandemic Australia with a smaller national workforce would increase the pressure on the ADF to embrace automation at its airbases. 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