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Rocket up our security without budget craters

How best to position Australia’s national defence effort to respond to China as a potential adversary and – in a different way – the US, presumably still as an ally.

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Richard Marles Chinese warships

Warship drill ‘not a real incident’

Defence Minister Richard Marles has defended NZ’s delayed warning to Australia on a live-fire drill by three Chinese warships, arguing that ‘it wasn’t a real incident’ and the response would be more urgent if there was a military threat.

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