The US was complaining last week that we are cutting our defence spending too much, and depending on their presence here to take up the slack.
Is that true?
Today a Farifax story advises that Australia has cut its defence budget by 10.5% in the last year. But Indonesia has trebled its defence budget in last five years, and China has doubled its budget, in last two years.
Is there a trend here? Are we really depending on the US too much?
