The Defence Strategic Evaluate is the federal government’s “cannibalisation” of Australia’s military functionality, says Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie.
“The federal government has promised rather a lot with this DSR however what we’re seeing is not any new cash, we’re seeing cost-shifting and we’re seeing cannibalisation of military functionality,” he informed Sky Information Australia.
“We’re additionally seeing a overview that may add a further 12 months to this complete course of.
“The Guided Weapons and Ordnance overview received’t occur till Q2 of subsequent yr, and if our strategic circumstances are as difficult as the federal government says they’re and we predict they’re – properly then we haven’t a day to lose.”