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Tess Ikonomou and Kat Wong

ADF to recruit foreigners amid muddle over eligibility

The Australian Defence Force is expanding its eligibility criteria to allow more people to join. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Foreigners will be able to join the Australian Defence Force, under a fast track to citizenship, as a personnel shortage is forecast to reach almost 5000 over the next 12 months.

As part of the national defence strategy unveiled in April, eligibility criteria will be expanded to allow more people to join the defence force.

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