One of Australia's most senior military leaders has been put in charge of a taskforce set up to tackle fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.
Lieutenant-general John Frewen has been selected to head up the new taskforce, which has been created by Defence to manage the military's response to the virus. General Frewen is also the deputy director of the Australian Signals Directorate — the arm of Australia's intelligence community that deals with cyber warfare and foreign signals intelligence. He previously commanded Australia's forces in the Middle East, heading up Australia's operations in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2017. The decision to put a three-star general in charge of the new taskforce is a step up from the usual practice of appointing two-star generals to lead disaster or recovery taskforces, such as after the 2011 Queensland floods or in the recent Operation Bushfire Assist. Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-13/coronavirus-military-taskforce/12051722
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