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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Allan Behm

The Coalition’s defence plans are a kneejerk, impossible dream when what we need is achievable policy

Peter Dutton and the shadow minister for defence, Andrew Hastie.
Peter Dutton’s announcement of $21bn in policy has been made ‘without the careful analysis of risk that is an intrinsic aspect of strategic assessment,’ writes Allan Behm. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Politicians do not do irony well, especially when they are on the ropes.

How else can one understand the Coalition’s invertebrate media release two days before Anzac Day – commemorating over 100,000 Australian war dead – which outlines a defence plan that could put Australians at risk in the dystopian world the policy is supposed to fix?

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