Honestly, are we that much more effective than the UK, US, Germany, Singapore etc. etc.?
Can't speak about Singapore but the others? **** NO!
IMHO (based on my experience as part of an army training team in Iraq in 2006/2007) is that when compared to professional armed forces like the British and the Americans, the ADF are like school children playing at grown-ups.
DIVOSH!
P.S. This is in no way meant to be a criticism of the front line soldier (and I include combat pilots in this) but is a criticism of our middle and higher level defence leadership.