Defence policy in the 2007 federal election

28 October 2007, ABC Radio National, "The National Interest"

Defence policy in the 2007 federal election

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/nationalinterest/stories/2007/2071793.htm

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A 25-minute discussion of the defence policies of the Coalition and Labor parties, their views on our commitments to Iraq and Afghanistan, why we need to re-invest in our defence at current levels of expenditure, and are we developing the right balance of defence capabilities for the future?

The panel includes ADA Executive Director, Neil James, Professor Hugh White from the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at ANU, and Dr Richard Tanter from the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability at RMIT University in Melbourne.