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Dominic Giannini

Defence struggling to retain personnel, reach targets

A number of people are leaving defence for the private sector, defence secretary Greg Moriarty said. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

The head of the defence department has admitted it is struggling to meet personnel growth targets as keeping staff is proving to be a problem. 

The department recognised the scale of the challenges it faced with high employment in the country, Greg Moriarty told a Senate hearing.

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