Defence Minister lindareynoldswa says the Prime Minster’s references to the 1930s during his strategic defence speech “was not made lightly”.
Defence Minister Linda Reynolds says the Prime Minster’s references to the 1930s during his strategic defence speech “was not made lightly”. Ms Reynolds said Scott Morrison made several deliberate links to the 1930’s pre-war environment during his speech on Tuesday, in which he unveiled the government’s new $270 billion defence package.
She said he harkened back to a time when “our nation and in fact the world faced two great threats at once, one was economic uncertainty – but also a deterioration in strategic circumstances”. Mr Morrison said the COVID-19 pandemic had only exacerbated a pre-existing breakdown in global strategic relations and it was time for Australia to bolster deterrence capabilities.
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