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Members of the 1st Mentoring Task Force. (Corporal Raymond Vance, Australian Department of Defence, AFP)
Sydney - Australia announced on Tuesday it will send another 300 troops to Iraq in a joint mission with New Zealand to help train local forces fighting ISIS.
The decision follows Wellington last week deciding to deploy some 140 soldiers on a non-combat mission to boost the Iraqi military's ability to fight the jihadists.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the decision followed a formal request from the Iraqi and US governments.
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