Hastie questions defence review appointments
Shadow defence minister Andrew Hastie is asked if he believes the Australian Defence Force has the right assets for what he has described as a “bleak” outlook.
Over the last decade under the Morrison, Turnbull and Abbott governments we invested a lot in the Australian defence force. We have upgraded and commissioned 70 new ships, we struck the Aukus deal, new capabilities in cyber particularly, but there is work to be done and the review can…