Transcripts

  • Monday, 30 June 2025

    E&OE

     

    ANGUS TAYLOR:

    Well, authoritarian regimes around the world are flexing their muscles, whether it's in Russia, Iran or, of course, the military build-up of the Chinese Communist Party. It is clear that we are living in the most uncertain times since the Second World War, and the Prime Minister himself has made that point, the mos...

  • Friday, 27 June 2025

    E&OE

    JAMES GLENDAY:

    The spotlight in Europe has been on defence spending this week with the highly anticipated NATO meeting, which, of course, was attended by Donald Trump. Plenty of flattery going around there. It's also triggered some more debate back here in Australia about how much we should be spending on defence and for more we're joine...

  • Friday, 27 June 2025

    E&OE

     

    SALLY SARA:

    Well, the Defence Minister Richard Marles says the Federal Government will continue to assess Australia's defence needs after NATO members this week agreed to lift their defence spending to 5% of GDP within 10 years. Australia currently spends just over 2% of GDP on defence, but Mr Marles, on the sidelines of the NATO...

  • Friday, 27 June 2025

    Across the globe, the strategic environment is deteriorating. Conflict in the Middle East continues and has escalated with direct US involvement, Russia grinds forward in a brutal war of attrition in Ukraine and in our own region, the Chinese Communist Party continues its sweeping military build-up and coercive pressure on its neighbours.

     

    These are not disconnected events. They...

  • Thursday, 26 June 2025

    E&OE

     

    ANGUS TAYLOR:

    Well, we’re seeing authoritarian regimes flexing their muscles around the globe right now, whether it's Iran, whether it's Russia or in the Indo Pacific, this is a reality of a world which is more uncertain than at any time since the Second World War. The Prime Minister himself has said that, and in that environmen...