Greens Defence Spokesperson David Shoebridge has criticised the Albanese government’s “credibility” as they say there’s a five-year window to get the Defence Force up and running, whereas the strategic review talks about the 2040s.
The new surface fleet strategy announced by Defence Minister Richard Marles on Tuesday will cost $11.1 billion over a decade.
It increases the number of surface combatants from 11 to 26, but the six optionally crewed vessels are yet to be developed.
“If you accept the government’s rhetoric, and I think there’s a lot of reasons to challenge it … they say there’s a five-year window to get Australia’s Defence Force up and running,” Mr Shoebridge told Sky News Australia.
“This surface fleet review talks about having something done by the mid to late 2040s.
“You can’t say both things at the same time and be credible.”
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What do people want? It is a UNION party!
Greens correct as usual.
The Greens would build 26 new ships for the Mardi Gras each year.
Greens and labour demoralise distract and divide. Watermelon strategy .
The Pentagon's 2022 annual report on China's military development further projects that the Chinese fleet will grow to 400 ships by 2025 and 440 ships by 2030.
How could Australia possibly counter those numbers !?
Why is the Greens criticising the Labor party when they have been the issue for a many issues in parliament. What would you know what is fit for purpose and what qualifications you have unless you have all the facts.
It’s time that anyone failing the Australian people and that includes politicians should be sacked if they fail at their jobs and not wait for an election to remove the rot.
We need money in the defence and you have no accountability for what you have cost this nation with your rubbish on electricity especially in Victoria.
What about the accountability of one of other Senators dividing this nation and the another about the Middle East and her disrespectful comments.
Wow greens stick to what you know because your party has been an issue for all Australians for a long time aiding with Labor and people will not forget the damage your party has done to Australia
The Greens and Labor are both lemon 🍋
So…even the other left wing parties know that Labor are charlatans 😊
I have a q7estion for all politicians ,with australia supplying weapons to isreal making us complicit in 2 genocide making us involved in the new HOLOCAUST how many of our children died fighting the ww2 to stop the first HOLOCAUST so my question is when are we going to stop sending weapons to the zionist nazi isreali jew ???????
Labor n green are the same shi???
The Greens think the defence budget should be spent on mandatory gender reassignment.
Cucks EveryWhere🎉
They have shown. Two face to garner votes. Look at the tax cuts and look at what the one term pm said before and after the electiom before he made changes. Sneaky rat cannot be trusted. Done.
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Just giving China the heads up that Oz is ripe for the taking
He needs to go and live in the countries were these people are coming from, then he will know that's not what we want to become, and the more that get here the closer the day will be here…!!
Whatever the greens say I oppose, they are only a protest party with no experience of having held a minister seat, what they need is a mirror, 😊
What a pack of zombies,don't know who's more confused,this trio of creeps,or the people who voted for them😡