For all the effort of current Labor and LNP politicians to talk tough and spend big on defence, wrapping themselves in the flag, ANZAC mythology and the political cowardice of bipartisanship, they don’t even have a national security strategy.
If you accept Defence Minister Richard Marles’ declaration that “there is no more important and consequential task for Government than protecting the security, interests and livelihoods of its people”, this is a monumental failure.
