Former army boss Sir Peter Cosgrove, who led the response to Queensland’s Cyclone Larry, says relying on the military in disasters is unviable and states need a paid, highly trained civilian emergency response force that is modelled on the Army Reserve.
He suggested the states develop, but the Commonwealth fund, a standing emergency response force made up of civilians but modelled on the Army Reserve. Recruits would develop expertise with regular paid training, and be on standby if they were needed. Mr Shoebridge wants to see a new, semi-civilian capability developed within the ADF structure that could also help Australia’s neighbours. “The institution to build upon … that you can deploy as circumstances dictate, the only system that looks like that is the ADF,” he said.
Professor John Blaxland, a former intelligence officer and military historian at the Australian National University, backed Admiral Barrie’s idea and said the ADF had been “stretched thin” by responding to consecutive emergencies. He said a new model was needed. The debate comes as a major research project by the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre said the traditional model of volunteering, which underpins organisations such as the State Emergency Service, is declining.The shift is due to the changing nature of paid work, lifestyles and values, and the social impact of technology, the report said. There is more competition for volunteers’ time, growing levels of volunteer burnout, and many existing volunteers are older.
Shocking to suggest that what is wrong with our army is that they are not volunteers.
So like….. the army reserve?
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