Australia Military May Scrap All Gender Barriers -- New York Times/AP
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Women fight for militaries around the world but rarely if ever are allowed to take the jobs most closely associated with soldiering — those focused on ground combat in close quarters and even hand to hand. That may be about to change in Australia.
A policy overhaul to be decided by Cabinet within weeks would remove all gender barriers from the military next year, arguably making the Australian Defense Force the world's leader on gender equality.
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My Comment: This is politics on full display in Australia .... but many military organizations will still be looking and analyzing the impact that scraping gender barriers will have on the overall performance of the Australian military .... and (yes) this may be politics, the results (if successful) may become the standard for most militaries in the world.
Wikipedia has a section devoted to women in Australia's military. That link is here.