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Most Australians would support Labor’s proposal to build a strategic fleet of ships to boost the country’s security apparatus, according to independent Senator Rex Patrick. If elected, a Labor government would create a “strategic fleet” of ships that could be used to protect Australia’s fuel supplies and other imports in the event of a natural disaster or international conflict. The fleet would be privately owned and commercially operated. However the ships could be used by the ADF in times of crisis. “Right now we don’t have many Australian flag vessels,” Senator Patrick told Sky News Australia. “We have run down Australia’s merchant fleet and that leaves us in a vulnerable position.”

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Most Australians would support Labor’s proposal to build a strategic fleet of ships to boost the country’s security apparatus, according to independent Senator Rex Patrick.

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