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Ruling elite’s other power core is anchored in neoconservative interests of the Australian security state. These incorporate the territorial imperative of proprietorship which requires the legitimization of the occupation and ownership of a whole continent and extensive maritime domain by a small population. The security state imposes compliance of the elite’s national interests and foreign policy, and functions largely as an appendage to the US military-industrial-surveillance complex.
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Paul, E. (2014). Security State. In: Australia as US Client State: The Geopolitics of De-Democratization and Insecurity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137469359_4
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