Defence Minister warns Australia is facing ‘most challenging’ circumstances since WWII

The Federal Government yesterday endorsed the most significant shift in the nation’s defence strategy in decades.

The landmark Defence Strategic Review says Australia must “re-posture” in response to the world entering a new military age.

Defence Minister Richard Marles says “There needs to be a rethink or reset of our posture to make sure we can keep the country safe going into the future”, and it’s “urgent”.

Press PLAY below to hear what Richard Marles had to say about Australia’s major defence shift

“We face, probably, the most complex set of strategic circumstances, in many ways the most challenging set of strategic circumstances since really the end of the Second World War,” he told Neil Mitchell.

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