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Why Australia needs a security rebalance

The pandemic has blown up any idea that we can easily spot the future threats to Australia. So how do we prioritise our finite security resources?

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Trailing in the wake of the AUKUS announcement that Australia will obtain nuclear-powered submarines is a key unanswered question: how are we going to meet the $100-billion-plus price tag? According to former Defence secretary Dennis Richardson it’s necessary to “grow the defence budget to 3 per cent of GDP to ensure the submarines do not cannibalise other defence capabilities”. But what of non-Defence capabilities?

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Ben Scott is Director of the Australia’s Security and the Rules-Based Order Project at the Lowy Institute.
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