Government
Meet the Aborigine Military Unit That Patrols the Most Dangerous Areas of Australia
NORFORCE surveils the country's sparsely populated northern coast and territories.
With elections approaching in Australia, border security has become a big issue.
Asylum-seekers who enter the country by boat typically take a route through Indonesia. In the last year and a half, about 30,000 people have done so, almost as many as the previous 35 years combined. That surge has lead politicians to demand an increased military presence along the country's northwest coast, land that is sparsely populated and filled with dangerous wildlife.