'Not true': Richard Marles rejects claims government cut Australian Border Force funding

Defence Minister Richard Marles has rejected claims that the Albanese government cut funding to border protection measures. The Coalition have criticised the government's handling of the border claiming the government had cut $600 million from the Australian Border Force. "Well, that criticism is just, frankly, a lie. I mean, it is actually not true,” Mr Marles told Sky News Australia. “We've increased funding to the support of our border. "The government has increased expenditure, on our border. No ifs, no buts. It's a matter of record. “The fact that the opposition is desperately trying to say otherwise says more about the way in which the opposition goes."