Former army officer and Senator Jacqui Lambie has unleashed on initial details from the defence strategic review arguing there would be significant backlash unless major personnel concerns were addressed.
on Monday which will feature a doubling in investment for a domestic long-range strike weapons industry.
“Right now things are not looking pretty mate, you can have all the weaponry you like but you still need boots on the ground,” the Tasmanian Senator told Sky News Australia’s Pete Stefanovic on Monday. Australia’s defence posture will experience a marked change after the first major analysis since the 1985 Dibb review.said the government’s strategic reset would be anchored by the need to project Australia’s force.But Ms Lambie said the government could not ignore Australia’s largest branch of the armed forces, while suggesting there would be an uproar if the army was left behind.
“If they get through the water and on to the land, a lot of good that’s going to do, you’ll need boots on the ground to fight that out. Retired Australian Navy rear admiral Mark Purcell said the DSR would bolster all arms of the ADF, rather than favouring one branch.
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