16 July 2007, ABC Radio National, "Counterpoint"
Privatising defence
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/stories/2007/1979690.htm
Some estimates place the number of private contractors in Iraq at around one hundred thousand. What do they do and what is their legal status? Neil James from the Australia Defence Association has recently returned from Afghanistan and the Middle East and gives his thoughts on contractors as well as an evaluation of the morale of Australian troops