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Yes, they withdrew from Afghanistan there's money to be spent domestically or internationally.

Thank you, this makes more sense now.

It seems that it is normal for Australian soldiers to be deployed in Australia as they are not in Afghanistan. This article has just taken advantage of it for the headline and news content.

There's a difference between being deployed sitting around at your base doing Really Important Stuff and

> Australian Defence Force soldiers will undergo training on the weekend before beginning unarmed patrols on Monday.

The deployment isn't a standard practice. Just something that has been enforced as of late.

Normal for Australian soldiers to police the streets to keep people locked in their homes?

When has this happened before 2020?

Not specifically to enforce a lockdown (and to clarify they are assisting police, it's not the ADF doing this by itself), but it's routine for the ADF to assist with disasters.

Surely you remember the ADF helping out with the bushfires not too long ago? There were the big news items like civilians trapped by bushfires being evacuated by the RAN off of Mallacoota beach, but the ADF also provided an incredible amount of assistance with logistics, engineering, and so on... it is deeply unfair to assume the worst of them just because it's enforcing a lockdown.

Parent is missing <sarcasm> tag, I think.

Yes.

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