SYDNEY — Australia said on Tuesday it will pay military personnel A$50,000 ($33,165) to stay beyond an initial service period, days after a review found its defense posture was 'not fit for purpose' amid rising competition between the United States and China. Defence Minister Richard Marles said the number of defense personnel was 3,400 below the positions funded, and there was a retention problem. 'We have an issue in terms of making sure that we are recruiting the number of defense force personnel that we need,' he told reporters in Canberra.

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