‘Always pulled our weight’: PM defends defence spending
Anthony Albanese insists that the Trump administration contributes to Australia’s fair share on defense expenditures, as it suppresses allies to increase the financing of allies.
Before a trip to New York, which could cause the Prime Minister to meet with US President Donald Trump, the federal government announced a 12 billion dollar fund commitment to build the Henderson Defense Zone at Perth.
“Australia has always pulled our weight, Al Albanese said on Sunday.
“We pay our way and contribute to our alliance every day.”
The “down payment ında in the defense center will help Australia to prepare for future nuclear energy submarines, as the Trump administration reviews the Trump administration triple AUKUS agreement and pressure on its allies to increase defense expenditures.
Defense Minister Richard Marles would not directly comment on the reports of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to honor the agreement between the United States, Britain and Australia, but the Trump administration had positively examined the agreement.
Bütün In all my speeches, there was an enormous sense of positivity about Aukus’s role for the United States, ”he said.
Australia’s defense expenditures are about two percent of the gross domestic product, but the US is forcing the country to increase to 3.5 percent.
Marles said that the government focused on the “amount of dollars yerine instead of“ different measures ”to take into account the spending of GDP as a percentage of GDP.
“Today, a new money commitment of 12 billion dollars for ten years,” he said to journalists in Perth.
“This increases our level to almost 70 billion dollars, according to what we inherited three years ago.
In total, he represented the “Australia’s greatest increase in peace time in defense expenditures” in history.
Mr. Albania will fly to the United States next week for the United Nations General Assembly, where face -to -face negotiations with President Trump may be on the agenda.
12 billion dollars will be a down payment for Henderson, independent planning and recommendations will consume about $ 25 billion for ten years.
The first financing, more detailed planning and designs will begin to work early.
The Army landing ship and then Australia’s future general purpose frigates will support the construction of ADF surface ships, starting from the local construction phase.
Facilities will also be built to support surface warships and placement capabilities for traditional armed but nuclear energy submarines from the beginning of the 2030s.
The attempts will clean the decks for the delivery of Australia’s first Virginia class submarine.
Opposition Defense Spokesman Angus Taylor welcomed $ 12 billion allocated for the Henderson region, but said it was delayed and far from “early investment ..
“In the government’s timeline, this investment will not go far enough to support the rotation of the US and British submarines until the end of the decade, even if the threats may arise much earlier,” he said.
WA Prime Minister Roger Cook praised the investment in the state economy.
“This represents more than 10,000 local Western Australia business and a great opportunity for us in the press conference with the Federal Ministers, both in the construction and around the constant maritime ship building in this region.”
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