Australia predicted to boost military spending by $11billion a year to prepare for war with China
Australia will boost its military budget by more than $11 billion a year by 2025 to defend itself against possible war with China, analysts predict. Defence spending was about $40.1 billion in the 2020 financial year and this is predicted to rise sharply to $51.26 billion five years later. Tensions are still rising with China in an ongoing trade war Beijing started almost a year ago after Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for a coronavirus inquiry. China and Australia also have fundamental disagreements on human rights, Taiwan, and the country's increasing expansionism in the Asia-Pacifi...
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