National security issues have been a constant feature of this federal election campaign.
Both major parties have spruiked their national security credentials by promising additional defence spending. The Coalition has pledged to spend 3% of Australia’s GDP on defence within a decade, while Labor is accelerating its own spending increase of $50 billion over the next decade.
Even the Greens have got in on the act, pledging to “decouple” Australia from the US military.
