Exercise Predator and Pitch Black

It would be nice to feel reassured by Exercise Predator and Pitch Black – and the other numerous defence exercises around Darwin and the Top End -that we are a safe and protected community. Unfortunately, unrest and war are engulfing the world at a rate unprecedented in the modern era. With the ADF in all its parts so under-resourced materially and with severe personnel shortages, I worry that we would be easy pickings for a determined aggressor.