@AuCu; wasteful spending by defence procurement has established new benchmarks under the Coalition since September 2013:
. 72 already obsolete F35s that come without warranties, cost $140 million each and whose engines even explode on take off.
. An incredibly expensive chopper fleet that's yet again grounded due to safety concerns
. Those 12 fossil-fuel new submarines due for delivery in 2542 and costing more than England's soccer teams
. Hideously expensive army tanks for which we have no need - apparently soon to be scrapped.
If just once in my lifetime I paid through the nose for a dud car [eg. a dirty diesel Audi] I'd be regarded as a fool.
Yet defence procurement is allowed to do this with impunity and without ever been held to account because the Coalition says it's a matter of 'national security'. Well for once they're right. Equipping our defence personnel with expensive junk is indeed a matter of national security.
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