Minister torpedoes talk defence billions to appease US
Australia rejected millions of dollars expenditure expenditure increased, as defense analysts warned billions of more need for more than billions of need.
The Albanian government announced $ 12 billion for the Henderson defense zone in Perth, where Australia could be promised under the Aukus security agreement.
The uncertainty clouds the nuclear submarine agreement, which was revised by the US.
However, US media reports, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, assured the agreement that the agreement will continue.
The Trump administration pressure to increase defense expenditures to Australia to 3.5 percent of gross domestic product.
Under an agreement of $ 386 billion, Australia will buy at least three nuclear energy virginia class submarines from the United States in the early 2030s before a new boat fleet was built to be delivered from the 2040s.
Defense Minister Richard Marles was about to support Australia’s capabilities, as the increase did not satisfy the US.
“We will continue our future submarine and maintain and have critical importance for this country, N Nine said on Monday.
“What we focus is the real dollars you spend on defense.”
Australia’s defense expenditure as a GDP share of about two percent, the government up to 2.3 percent up to 2033/4 percent promised to increase.
Jennifer Parker, an expert partner of the Australian National University, said that there will be a need for a more significant expenditure before the next Federal Budget.
“This is not a major increase in the defense budget, but it is important that the government is willing to increase the defense budget, which he sees a need,” AAP said.
Orum I don’t think this very small elevator in the defense budget for the next 10 years will satisfy the USA.
“We will have to go further not only for the US, because we don’t have the abilities we need.”
Opposition Defense Spokesman Angus Taylor welcomed the announcement, but said that Australia should spend more on the defense.
ABC told Radyo, “We should see that the defense has reached three percent of GDP – this is an extra 25 billion dollars per year in expenditure,” he said.
The coalition went to the last federal elections by promising to increase defense expenditures into three percent.
Mr. Taylor did not say how to finance the increase in the coalition.
In September, Prime Minister Anthony Albanian may meet with US President Donald Trump and the United Nations General Assembly meeting, where he will probably seek guarantees about the future of the Aukus triple agreement.
Arthur Sinodinos, the US Ambassador of Australia, said the importance of announcement before a possible meeting with Mr. Trump.
AAP, “Preparing the ground and putting on the table with the President,” he said.
Sinodinos said Sinodinos would ask for support from the President of the President of Aukus.
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