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Parliament must vote on any intervention against Islamic State forces
Posted By Heath Pickering on August 28, 2014 @ 14:30
… members of the Defence Force may not serve beyond the territorial limits of Australia except in accordance with a resolution, which is in effect and agreed to by both Houses of Parliament, authorising the service.
No matter how positive are the underlying principles of this bill—and the bill is laudable—the impracticality of full disclosure to the parliament in a strategic sense and where intelligence, diplomacy and classified documents are concerned means that we must continue with the system as it now stands.
Government should seek Parliamentary approval (for example, in the House of Commons, by the laying of a resolution) if it is proposing the deployment of British forces outside the United Kingdom into actual or potential armed conflict.
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/3143414861_f5b32f37e7_z.jpg
[2] called on: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/tony-abbott-at-risk-of-repeating-iraq-war-mistake-andrew-wilkie/story-e6frg8yo-1227035829010
[3] reports: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/raaf-may-join-us-air-strikes-on-islamic-state/story-e6frg8yo-1227035235446
[4] Michelle Grattan: http://theconversation.com/grattan-on-friday-should-parliament-have-the-right-to-say-whether-australia-goes-to-war-27939
[5] wrote: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/iraq-and-the-pms-profound-prerogative/
[6] bills: http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/bills/r5281_first-reps/toc_pdf/14155Bandt.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf
[7] Defence Act: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/da190356/
[8] told the Senate: http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansards%2Fe719b31b-5b1a-4e85-b13f-368ad7ba0c81%2F0187;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2Fe719b31b-5b1a-4e85-b13f-368ad7ba0c81%2F0188%22
[9] recommended the bill not proceed: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/Completed%20inquiries/2008-10/dapaosb08/report/~/media/wopapub/senate/committee/fadt_ctte/completed_inquiries/2008_10/dapaosb08/report/report_pdf.ashx
[10] is on record: http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansards%2Fe719b31b-5b1a-4e85-b13f-368ad7ba0c81%2F0185;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2Fe719b31b-5b1a-4e85-b13f-368ad7ba0c81%2F0188%22
[11] House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldconst/236/236i.pdf
[12] publicly advocated: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6266344.stm
[13] 285–272: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23892783
[14] Heath Pickering: https://twitter.com/PickHeath
[15] Prateek Rungta: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rungta/3143414861