Labor has ‘failed' to understand the importance of defence
Shadow Industrial Relations Minister Tim Wilson discusses calls from the US for Australia to increase its defence spending.
'We know before the last election we saw a need to increase our defence spending after what we've seen as a real failure of this government not to understand the importance of defence,' Mr Wilson told Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell.
'What the government's own white paper has said is one of the most challenging times since the end of the Second World War.'
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