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Name: Huge boost to defence spending
Uploaded: 2024-04-17T11:01:10.335Z
Duration: 2 min 35 s
Description: The Defence Minister has unveiled a major funding boost for the military, while outlining pressing threats to Australia's security. Despite spending restraint warnings ahead of the federal budget, Richard Marles managed to secure an extra $50 billion over the next decade. But there is still the prospect of cuts to some programs.

Huge boost to defence spending

Published 17 April 2024, 9:09 am

The Defence Minister has unveiled a major funding boost for the military, while outlining pressing threats to Australia's security. Despite spending restraint warnings ahead of the federal budget, Richard Marles managed to secure an extra $50 billion over the next decade. But there is still the prospect of cuts to some programs.

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