Tony Abbott confirms two-year deployment of 300 Australians to Iraq

By David Wroe, Mark Kenny
Updated March 4 2015 - 8:08am, first published March 3 2015 - 7:04pm
Defence Minister Kevin Andrews, Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin on Tuesday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Defence Minister Kevin Andrews, Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin on Tuesday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Defence Minister Kevin Andrews, Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin on Tuesday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Defence Minister Kevin Andrews, Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin on Tuesday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Defence Minister Kevin Andrews, Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin on Tuesday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Defence Minister Kevin Andrews, Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin on Tuesday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Defence Minister Kevin Andrews, Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin on Tuesday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Defence Minister Kevin Andrews, Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin on Tuesday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Australian troops will remain in Iraq for at least two years under a new and enlarged deployment that will bring a significant risk of deadly insider attacks, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced.