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Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo warns ‘drums of war’ are beating in a message to staff
One of Australia’s most powerful national security figures says free nations “again hear the beating drums” of war, as military tensions in the Indo-Pacific rise.
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Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo says the nation should be striving for peace but “not at the cost of our precious liberty”
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The powerful bureaucrat is widely tipped to take over as Defence Department Secretary later this year
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His message comes as Defence Minister Peter Dutton says war with China should not be discounted
In an Anzac Day message to staff, Home Affairs Department Secretary Mike Pezzullo said Australia must strive to reduce the likelihood of war “but not at the cost of our precious liberty”.
Mr Pezzullo also invoked the memory of two United States war…
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