PM commits $270 billion to update defence strategy

Defence Minister Linda Reynolds

Defence Minister Linda Reynolds at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra. Source: AAP

SBS News In Depth
View Podcast Series

Get the SBS Audio app

Other ways to listen

The move will see funding go towards new long-range missiles to help the Australia protect itself against what Scott Morrison says is a more dangerous world.

Share

Latest podcast episodes

OTM - Qantas planes (AAP).jpg

Treasurer approves Qatar's 25% buy of Virgin Australia & Qantas posts bumper profit

French President Emmanuel Macron Visits The White House

Trump, Zelenskyy to meet on economic agreement

Screenshot from Donald Trump's social media video touting his vision for Gaza (SBS).jpg

Trump flaunts a new vision for Gaza as demolitions continue across the occupied West Bank

Residents experience a heatwave at Dee Why in Sydney (AAP)

From drill to grill: Continued fossil fuel use puts us all in the hot seat

Recommended for you

A composite image of the logos of Australia's big four banks

How much the RBA rate cut will save you, and which banks have passed it on

central banking

Busy shoppers and workers in Sydney.

'Unusual' temperatures, increased rain: Here's what's in BoM's latest long-range forecast

weather

A woman wearing a wedding dress and holding a bouquet of flowers poses for a photo.

She felt her first wedding was for her family. Zhang's second was a solo affair

marriage

North Macedonia's foreign minister Timčo Mucunski speaking while seated.

The top diplomat who thinks Australia — and the world — should embrace Trump

international relations

Opposition leader Peter Dutton wearing a suit, tie and glasses while seated in the House of Representatives.

Peter Dutton wants toughened citizenship-stripping powers. How can you lose it?

politics

Donald Trump, in a dark suit and a red-striped tie, is speaking at a podium, pointing with one finger.

Donald Trump says Australia has been 'very, very good to us', amid tariff concerns

international relations

Artwork featuring headshots of (left to right) a woman with blonde hair, a woman with dark hair and a man with dark hair

Growing numbers of women are having queer awakenings later in life. I'm one of them

lgbtiq+

Two men standing on a road, both wearing black.

'Art should not be censored': Artists react after Australian duo pulled from Venice Biennale

art