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Australia has woken up in time to the dangers of conflict
The urgency of the defence review crept up on us because democracies put their faith in trade and interdependence. Now they have a duty to deter war before it ever happens.
Justin Bassi and Bec ShrimptonThe Defence Strategic Review gives the clearest description yet of the perilous strategic circumstances in which we are living. It is not based on distant future scenarios but on the reality of the threats from authoritarian and revisionist regimes.
Defence Minister Richard Marles and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveil the Defence Strategic Review. Alex Ellinghausen
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