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Topic: defence spending
Splendour In The Grass 2019 (Image: AAP/Regi Varghese)

Turns out you CAN stop the music (and other news you may have missed)

The Week That Was

Oct 23, 2020

2

(Image: AP/Susan Walsh)

Australia isn’t the only country worried about a US-China war

World

Aug 10, 2020

16

Scott Morrison speaks during the launch of the 2020 Defence Strategic Update (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)

Does Australia’s big defence spending actually make any sense?

Defence

Jul 08, 2020

6

(Image: AAP/Paul Braven)

Everybody’s (presumably) getting a helicopter! (And other news you may have missed)

The Week That Was

Jun 05, 2020

1

SA Senator Nick Xenophon says Japan's Soryu submarine will likely win the government defence contract, but they may not live up to Abbott's hype, writes <em>InDaily</em> journalist <b>Tom Richardson</b>.

Abbott says Japanese subs ‘best in the world’; Defence disagrees

Australia

May 26, 2015

13

Joe Hockey's pre-budget spinning has veered into outright falsehoods as he attempts to claim Labor has boobytrapped the budget. <b>Bernard Keane</b> and <b>Glenn Dyer</b> report.

Fiscal fools: give us a break on the budget BS, Joe

Economy

Apr 01, 2014

50

It's a good time to be a spy. While Defence spending has been cut in the federal budget, there's more money for secret intelligence. And aid funding gets an increase, despite deferring UN goals.

Foreign affairs: Defence spending down, more aid and spies

Defence

May 15, 2013

2

Both sides of the latest military conflict in the Middle East are spending big to defend their turf, despite promises from Israel to cut spending to pay for social reforms. <em>Crikey</em> intern <b>David Donaldson</b> reports.

Defence bill mounts for Israel when it can least afford it

Middle East

Nov 20, 2012

2

Australia is not "free-riding" on the US. Instead, we're doing what everyone else, including the US itself, is doing and cutting unnecessary expenditure. Only US contractors lose.

Defence spending: the most expensive ‘free ride’ in history

Federal

Nov 14, 2012

30

Crikey readers have their say.

Evangelical zealotry in government schools

Comments, corrections, clarifications and cock-ups

Aug 14, 2012

4

Australia defence spending contributes generously to American defence corporations.

How defence spending ‘contributes to American
prosperity’

Companies

Aug 13, 2012

22

Triumph and pride. These are the universal gestures we will see as the Olympic games unfold. The two are not the same thing but here's a guide how to recognise them.

Differentiating triumph and pride

Richard Farmer’s chunky bits

Jul 19, 2012

1

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