The Australian Defence Force will open recruitment to New Zealand citizens, who have been an Australian permanent resident for at least a year from July 1, 2024.
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00:00 From the 1st of July, we will be opening up entry into the Australian Defence Force for
00:05 New Zealand citizens who have been permanent residents for a year. And then from the 1st
00:12 of January, that will be extended to five eyes countries. That's the decision that we've taken.
00:17 But we do have an eye beyond that to the Pacific really. And a precondition of all of this will be
00:25 having been a permanent resident for 12 months at least and obviously passing all the security
00:33 checks which would apply to any Australian who joins the Australian Defence Force. We are looking
00:37 to grow the Defence Force through to 2040 and in order to do that, we do need to be looking at a
00:43 wider pool of people.