Australia to Spend Big on Defence Amid Hostile Global Environment

Australia to Spend Big on Defence Amid Hostile Global Environment
A military helicopter is seen landing at the RAAF Base in East Sale, Victoria, Australia, on Jan. 2, 2020. AAP Image/James Ross
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that the government will invest heavily in defence over the next decade to protect Australia and its interest in the changing global environment.

In a media release on July 1, the prime minister said the federal government would spend $270 billion over the next ten years to change Australia’s defence posture and pivot our priorities towards looking after the north-eastern Indian Ocean through maritime, and mainland South East Asia to Papua New Guinea and the South-West Pacific.
Victoria Kelly-Clark
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Victoria Kelly-Clark is an Australian based reporter who focuses on national politics and the geopolitical environment in the Asia-pacific region, the Middle East and Central Asia.
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