Australia kicks off defense spending hike with first White Paper budget

Australia's government today confirmed the go-ahead for a range of new military equipment programs, kicking off its biggest defense-spending hike in two decades by tabling a A$12.7 billion (US$6.64 billion) 2001-02 defense budget that includes the first dollop of funds to pay for the upgrades...

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