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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Mike Hohnen

Afternoon Update: Labor’s $50bn boost to defence; Queensland LNP backs emissions cuts; and Australia’s Olympics uniform revealed

Richard Marles
Richard Marles says a new national defence strategy will equip the ADF to ‘survive in a much less certain world’. Photograph: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

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Australia is pouring an extra $50bn into defence spending over the next 10 years, as part of an overhaul that the federal government says will ensure the military can project power further from its shores.

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