US EditionThis Is a Big Step Forward on Defence for Australia. Too Bad We’re Playing Catch-Up
The plan includes the biggest ever peacetime increase in defence spending and a goal of lifting outlays to 3% of GDP by 2033, officials said.
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Australia’s National Defence Strategy outlines military build-up for war against China
The document is a statement of the Labor government’s complete commitment to US-led wars globally, and above all to preparations for a catastrophic conflict in the Indo-Pacific targeting China.
Sydney Morning Herald
The AgeThis is a big step forward on defence for Australia. Too bad we’re playing catch-up
The commitments of Australia’s new defence strategy and investment plan are necessary. But governments have been warned of the gathering storm for years.
Manufacturers' Monthly
Hawker Britton2026 National Defence Strategy and Integrated Investment Program
An Australian Army CH-47F Chinook prepares to land on HMAS Canberra flight deck off the coast of Queensland, during Exercise Sea WADER 2026. Image: SMNIS Genae Kelly/DepartmentOfDefence Today, the Federal Government has released the 2026 National Defence Strategy and Integrated Investment Program. Together, these documents set out the Government’s plan to respond to our strategic circumstances and keep Australians safe. In delivering the 2026…
Defence force expects 2026 strategy focus on unmanned craft
Australia’s defence force is bigger, stronger, deadlier and better able to protect the country and its national interests. That is the assessment Chief of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), Admiral David Johnston, in a roundtable talk with media. The new strategy is expected to focus on drone and other robot capabilities with up to $15 billion spent on it over the next 10 years; click here for more about that. He looked back on the ADF’s achiev…
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