Richard Marles' makes civil war with defence chiefs public
Richard Marles says the Defence Department has a “way to go” before achieving excellence following the Financial Review’s revelations of tensions between minister and military.
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Richard Marles says the Defence Department has a “way to go” before achieving excellence following the Financial Review’s revelations of tensions between minister and military.
Increasing tensions between Richard Marles and Defence are fuelled by bickering about new weapons and the government’s inability to deliver a funding boost.
Months of Chinese harassment of Philippine vessels culminated in early December with up to 135 Chinese ships swarming the Philippines around Scarborough Shoal.
PHL, Australia begin a new chapter in decades-long alliance amid evolving geopolitical developments
MILITARY commanders of the Philippines, United States, Japan and Australia flew over the South China Sea on board a US maritime patrol aircraft last week. The US Indo-Pacific Command identified the military leaders as: ■ Vice Adm. Toribio Adaci; Philippine Navy Flag Officer in Command; ■ Commodore Juario Marayag, Philippine Navy…