Andrew Hastie (Canning, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. In November, in an interview with the Australian newspaper, the Prime Minister said he would spend whatever was necessary to produce the defence force that could defend Australia. But this week the Department of Defence confirmed in budget estimates that the government has cut $1.5 billion from the Australian Defence Force. Australia is in the most challenging strategic environment since the Second World War. Why is the Prime Minister breaking promises and making it harder for the ADF to keep our country safe?

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