Australian troops in Iraq, Afghanistan for long term: PM

By David Wroe, National Security Correspondent
Updated April 26 2017 - 4:13pm, first published 3:32pm
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attended an ANZAC Day ceremony at Camp Baird in the Middle East with Chief of the Defence Force Air Marshall Mark Binskin after visiting troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on Tuesday 25 April 2017. Pool Photo: Andrew Meares  Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attended an ANZAC Day ceremony at Camp Baird in the Middle East with Chief of the Defence Force Air Marshall Mark Binskin after visiting troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on Tuesday 25 April 2017. Pool Photo: Andrew Meares Photo: Andrew Meares

Malcolm Turnbull has flagged an Australian military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan for the foreseeable future, saying training of local forces needs to be "a long-term commitment".