Labor has ‘kicked down the road’ some defence spending it has committed to

Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume has criticised the Albanese government for having “either delayed or kicked down the road” some of the defence spending it has committed to. The incoming Trump Administration is expected to ask allies to increase their military spending to at least three per cent of their GDP. “Australia should be focusing on its defence spending, and indeed increasing that in order to address and face the geostrategic challenges that we have both in our region and around the world,” Ms Hume told Sky News Australia. “Our concern is that Anthony Albanese has either delayed or kicked down the road some of that defence spending that he has committed to.”