Guess what ‘independent foreign policy’ would cost the budget?
Those calling for Australia to not go all the way with unpredictable Trump’s America never tell us that the price tag would be tripling the defence budget for a couple of decades.
As we watch President Donald Trump’s unpredictable America bomb Iran, and see Chinese leader Xi Jinping building his military to conquer Taiwan by force (if and when he so decides), plenty of familiar voices are saying now is the time to cut the cord with the US and chart a new independent path on foreign policy and security.
This is badged as an independent Australia that “finds its security in Asia, not from it”.
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Michael Shoebridge is founder and director at Strategic Analysis Australia.
