We’re spending about $56 billion a year on defence and that’s going to rise sharply,no matter who’s in power. Does anyone really think this won’t lead to income tax hikes?
The former SAS soldier is seeking to overturn a landmark defamation decision which found he committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
Sailors were towing the F/A-18 fighter jet into the hangar bay when they lost control of the aircraft.
They endured war,risked death and faced down pirates. And 50 years after they began to arrive in Australia,they have left a profound mark on their new home.
Australia’s richest person has called for a gargantuan rise in defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP at a sunset vigil before Anzac Day.
The Coalition says its plan to lift defence spending will cost $21 billion. But its longer-term goal would make defence the second-largest budget cost.
On the 50th anniversary of an Anzac Day like no other,the last Australian air force pilot to leave Vietnam speaks for the first time.
The Coalition will promise to significantly outspend Labor by increasing defence spending to 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product by 2030.
Since he entered parliament a decade ago,Andrew Hastie has been spoken about as a potential Liberal leader but has been strangely absent from the campaign.
The government insists it has no obligation to provide special briefings during the election period despite demands from the opposition.