Media Room: Defence Alert
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| 01/06/2005 | MSPA 151/05 |
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ADF AND US FORCES BUILD UP TO EXERCISE TALISMAN SABRE 2005 The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and United States (US) forces are set to participate in four weeks of intensive training at Shoalwater Bay, Rockhampton, Townsville, Gladstone, Ipswich and the Coral Sea during Exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2005 (TS05). TS05 is now in the build-up phase and in response to growing media and public enquiries, the TS05 Combined Joint Information Bureau (CJIB) starts operations from 0800 Thursday 2 June. The CJIB, located at CSI Rockhampton, is available to assist the public and the media with any enquiries and is contactable via the "Public & Media Information Line (24hr Free-call) 1800 501 072". A separate free-call line is also available for members of the aviation industry with airspace enquiries and is available on the "Airspace Information Line (Aviation Industry) 1800 123 154". Public and media information is accessible on-line from the US web site www.c7f.navy.mil/TS05 as well as the ADF web site www.defence.gov.au/talisman_sabre
Media contact: Defence Media - (02) 6265 3343 or 0408 498 664 |
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