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Defending Australia in an Age of Austerity Mark Thomson

Defending Australia in an Age of Austerity Mark Thomson. Three factors have created the current predicament:. Three factors have created the current predicament: Poor planning and excessive ‘savings’. Slide 1. Three factors have created the current predicament:

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Defending Australia in an Age of Austerity Mark Thomson

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  1. Defending Australia in an Age of Austerity Mark Thomson

  2. Three factors have created the current predicament:

  3. Three factors have created the current predicament: Poor planning and excessive ‘savings’

  4. Slide 1

  5. Three factors have created the current predicament: • Poor planning and excessive ‘savings’ • Slow approval and delivery of projects

  6. Slide 3

  7. Three factors have created the current predicament: • Poor planning and excessive ‘savings’ • Slow approval and delivery of projects • Surplus a higher priority than strong defence

  8. Slide 4

  9. Slide 4

  10. Consequences

  11. Slide 5

  12. The plans set out in 2009 are in disarray; investment is badly stalled, cost pressures are breaking out, and personnel and operating costs now dwarf capital investment. Put simply; the defence budget is an unsustainable mess.

  13. Defence White Paper 2013 Impact of the Global Financial Crisis

  14. Defence White Paper 2013 Impact of the Global Financial Crisis Withdrawal from Afghanistan

  15. Options for 2013:

  16. Questions Slide 7

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