Australia should open up military recruitment to neighbouring Pacific Islanders, says Senator Jacqui Lambie, who says the move will help deal with ongoing recruitment problems in the defence force.
“Pacific Islanders and New Zealanders … they’ve been going to and from this country for a long time,” Lambie told Sky News on May 1.
“There’s no reason why we couldn’t do like the [U.S.] marines do down here where they’re sitting on top of Australia, why we couldn’t export ourselves over there, train their people as well and also have a battalion over there with Pacific Islanders over there somewhere….