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Dutton pledges not to ‘lie my way to the Lodge’ – as it happened

27/04/2025 06:45 The Guardian

This blog is now closedFinal leaders’ debate LIVE updates: Albanese v Dutton on 7NewsAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastPeter Dutton is due to arrive any moment at a campaign rally in the Labor-held seat of Hawke in Melbourne’s west.The opposition leader is expected to deliver an energetic sermon to the party faithful ahead of the Coalition’s last-week “blitz”.Over the last three years, when defence comes to us, the independent strategic review identifies capabilities and assets that need to be bought, then we have put that in the budget. The biggest expansion in peacetime since World War II, you see defence spending growing as a share of the economy or GDP over the forward estimates and over the next ten years.If more needs to be done, of course the prime minister has indicated we’re open to doing that. Continue reading...

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