Once defence minister’s spending fiction and the big sell-out

America’s confected strategy to contain China for its own ends has to be separated from Australia’s self-reliant defence, with clarity. The Strategic Defence Review must staunch the bleeding. It’s too easy to mislead Australians on their security. Kim Beazley, a former ALP Defence Minister, was at home when addressing the Ramsay Centre in Sydney last … Continue reading Once defence minister’s spending fiction and the big sell-out Continue reading »