The Northern Command is a joint operational

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formation. Northern Command is responsible for the planning and conduct of operations to the north of

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during peacetime and wartime. In addition, Northern Command manages the defence aspects of the multi-agency

Maritime Border Command The Maritime Border Command (MBC) is Australia's principal civil maritime security agency, a de facto coast guard, operating in the maritime domain to ensure compliance with Australia's maritime legislation by foreign and domestic non-state actor ...

. The command's surveillance units include the three army

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, the Pilbara Regiment in Western Australia, and the 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment. Northern Command's area of operations covers

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and the

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above 19 degrees south and the Kimberley and

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Districts of

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. Northern Command's headquarters are located at

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Roles and responsibilities

The Northern Command's roles and responsibilities include the following, as of 2003: * the conduct of military surveillance and response operations * direct, coordinate and support all Defence Aid to the Civil Community activities * facilitate support to Defence Force Aid to the Civil Authority * re-establish and maintain military operational links with military counterparts in Eastern Indonesia. s_of_2007_the_nearest_Indonesian_TNI_regional_command_was_

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References

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