The Age · Politics / Federal

$53 billion to be ploughed into Australia’s defence budget. Trump’s secretary of war wanted more

· By Matthew Knott
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An extra $53 billion will be injected into defence over the next 10 years as the Albanese government seeks to rebuff claims the nation’s military is dangerously unprepared for the age of modern warfare.

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