John Menadue

Malcolm Fraser. Australia's dangerous ally.

The National Interest, in its January/February 2015 edition has just published an article by Malcolm Fraser, ‘Australia’s dangerous ally’. The National Interest is not sold on news stands in Australia, but it is available online.

Malcolm Fraser concludes his article by suggesting several steps that Australia should take to address problems in our relationship with the US.  First, the removal of US task force out of Darwin. Second, closure of facility at Pine Gap. Third, expanded diplomatic facilities and relationships in our region. Fourth, a boost to Australia’s defence force spending to about 3% of GDP.

This article is based on submissions that Malcolm Fraser made to the 2015 Defence White Paper.

The link to the article is below.

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/america-australias-dangerous-ally-11858

The views expressed in this article may or may not reflect those of Pearls and Irritations.

John Menadue

John Menadue is the Founder and Editor in Chief of Pearls and Irritations. He was formerly Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet under Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser, Ambassador to Japan, Secretary of the Department of Immigration and CEO of Qantas.

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