Guardian Australia · Aukus

Has Marles bowed to Trump’s wishes on defence spending? The figures are as clear as mud

· By Tom Mcilroy
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The defence minister insists that increases in spending did not happen because of thinktanks, retired generals ‘or washed-up bureaucrats’

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