Richard Marles (Corio, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for his question. It was great to be with him on Friday at the 150th Ipswich Show. A year ago today the Albanese government took office. It has been a transformational 12 months for our nation's security because this time last year it was all very different. Under the former government, Australia was drifting through a sea of broken relationships with great powers, with friends, with countries which should be our friends and with our region. There was a culture of making grand defence announcements on the basis of absolutely nothing—$42 billion worth of defence programs without a cent behind them.

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