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Summary
Australian Department of Defence JPAU02MAY03TR003

Sourced from: http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2003/may/050503.cfm

Caption: JPAU02MAY03TR003 Special Operations Command soldiers demonstrate their capabilities and equipment for both counter terrorism and war roles at Holworthy Barracks today (Date Taken: 02 MAY 2003)

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Fair use / fair dealing rationale
This image was released by the Australian Department of Defence as part of a media release informing the media and public about the establishment of the Australian Defence Force's Special Operations Command in 2003. I believe that the use of this image in the article Special Operations Command (Australia), with the Department of Defence being clearly identified as the image's source, on a non-commercial online encyclopaedia such as Wikipedia qualifies for 'fair dealing' status under Australian law and the relevant copyright notice (reproduced above) as it is relevant to studying and researching the capabilities of the Australian military and is an image which was released by the Department of Defence in order to inform the public and for use by the media. As the photo depicts serving members of Australian special forces units in their full uniform and with full equipment it is not possible to find a free alternative. A higher resolution version of the image is available at the source link provided above.