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The Department of National Defence (DND) is looking to purchase anti-drone defences for military installations within #Canada, federal procurement documents show.
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The Department of National Defence says they need anti-drone defences to protect personnel, equipment and facilities across Canada.
![Index of Australians visiting USA and
Canada
Rolling 12 month totals, 2024 = 100
[Graph showing large jump in Australians travelling to Canada and almost mirror-image decline in Australians travelling to USA]
Chart: The Australia Institute • Source: ABS 3401.0 • Get the data
Compared to 2024, 18% more Australians are now choosing to travel to Canada and the trajectory is almost a mirror image of that with the USA.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j6hyu77rblkxblu4uqrqo4jl/bafkreidkj43drvzt7bzf6z4sdewfij3xn4qqj4xcrcajvsuvq2nyjktgz4)
![This very much confirms the polling by The Australia Institute last November which found more Australians - especially women - would feel unsafe travelling to the USA than would feel safe:
How safe or unsafe would you feel travelling to the United States?
[Segmented column graph showing 48% of men and 65% of women feel ‘mostly unsafe’ or ‘very unsafe’ about travelling to the USA]
Source: The Australia Institute • Get the data
Sometimes polling does not reflect reality, but it is now abundantly clear that not even hosting one of the biggest sporting events in the world is enough to entice Australians to travel to the USA](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j6hyu77rblkxblu4uqrqo4jl/bafkreihiwt2eeimr7lm2wgi7sjbnqjjayw3t7tduto3z5znn5353ehjhbm)
