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Subject: What is the coalitions defence policy?
Volkodav    8/17/2010 8:12:33 AM
Serious question, besides indexing defence pensions and buying 3 Global Hawks what will happen to defence if Abbott becomes PM. Gillard has stated that there will be no change from Rudd, i.e. 12 new subs, 8 new frigates and 20 OCVs, 100 F-35 etc. Basically it is a known status quo vs an unknown.....does anyone here know what the coalitions defence policy is? What equipment, structure, deployments are they going to deliver?
 
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YelliChink       8/17/2010 9:55:07 AM
Why bother ask? Labour will win on Saturday. Tony Abbott went to the wrong business. Politics is show business for ugly people.
 
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gf0012-aust       8/17/2010 5:31:13 PM
Lab already have cut $20bn from Defence, so that impacts on a few things.
 
Anything where that status changes and corresponding gains in efficiency are maintained would help...
 
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Volkodav       8/18/2010 7:30:33 AM
It looks like the 12 sub plan will be cut as a start.
 
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SCisback       8/18/2010 8:15:44 AM

It looks like the 12 sub plan will be cut as a start.


Like it was ever realistic.
 
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gf0012-aust       8/18/2010 9:05:34 AM

It looks like the 12 sub plan will be cut as a start.
they were the govts direction - and they're still committed to the future force.  subs are probably safer than anything else in the next 20 years
 
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BLUIE006       8/18/2010 9:06:48 AM
 
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Volkodav       8/19/2010 5:31:36 AM
they were the govts direction - and they're still committed to the future force.  subs are probably safer than anything else in the next 20 years
Didn't know that, it will be good to see it go through.
 
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YelliChink       8/20/2010 11:04:08 AM
 
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