There will be an overhaul of SAS leadership to help prepare soldiers for future conflicts.

The leadership of the regiment is being elevated to a colonel to ensure appropriate oversight for future complex missions.

Assistant Defence Minister Andrew Hastie told Ray Hadley this is a “vote in confidence” in the SAS.

“It will mean that we will have a more senior, more experienced officer in charge of the whole enterprise.

“We’re celebrating a sort of new dawn for the SAS. I sense a rise in morale.”

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