‘Most scandalous failure’: Labor inflate defence expenditure numbers over 10 years

The Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says the government’s defence spending in the budget is the “most scandalous failure” of Labor.
Defence spending in the federal budget shows $50.3 billion in 10 years, however, only $5.7 billion is being spent in the next four years.
Mr Sheridan told Sky News host Peta Credlin that the “sky-high figures” Richard Marles talks about, is like a “bad episode of Utopia”.
“He’s talking about spending in 10 years’ time and in 20 years’ time.”

[@daniellebcooper7160]

...just as well the world is stable and predictable at the moment.

[@whiskeygamer9402]

Australia still can't defend its way out of a wet paper bag 😂
Nothing but a sitting duck 🎯🦆

[@johnchristie823]

This Labor Government is leaving us open to Chinese aggression...!!

[@jessiehuynh7495]

Is that so, why did scomo rent port Arthur to the Chinese for 99 yrs?

[@Birch37]

Purchase a 4th AWD Navy Destroyer immediately!!!

[@paythepiper6283]

I agree but we need frigates before that

[@jimmymcthunda5906]

Not one brain between them.

[@leonie563]

Stuck in America's Cup era. Someone hasn't told them...

[@doczenith5491]

These politicians should be tried in a military court as traitors. When Australia is turned into Ukrain 2.0 the people in charge who failed to protect the Australian citizens should and will be found guilty of gross negligence.

[@peterremkes9376]

The problem of course is that our previous government didn't spend enough either on defence. And now that we are having economic problems we need to spend more. Defence is an important expenditure especially with all the tensions in the world but as I understand it, future budget deficits are partly thanks to defence spending. But by saying Labor should do more on defence the answer must be that Liberals haven't done nearlly enough in their time. Just look at the issue from a couple of months ago when we realised we did not have enough navy vessels and the ones we had were obsolete. That should have been recognised and remedied by the coalition.

[@paythepiper6283]

Or this goes back to Rudd/Gillard, who cut defence to 1.6% of GDP. But the LNP whilst not great did get new tanks, SPA, AFV's. So please don't sit there and make out they were just as bad, nobody holds a candle to Labor when it comes to screwing over the defence force.

[@franktully3065]

While you're correct to also hold Coalition accountable, it's not a very good reason to vote ALP.

[@peterremkes9376]

@@franktully3065 That's a different matter altogether and a personal decision.

[@stephenpercy4643]

The disabled must be among the best paid people in the country now ---- $55k -- $350k per year each! Average $75k each

[@jessiehuynh7495]

Stop spreading miss information

[@stephenpercy4643]

@@jessiehuynh7495 Look it up! If you can't do that -- rough rule of thumb - divide $50 billion by 600,000 participants

[@countyorga764]

Failure - crUdlin's fired, onion eating, mad monk boyfriend 😭😭.

[@daniellebcooper7160]

your lefties are the failures