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Peter Garrett slams Labor’s defence land sell-off - The Australian
Why it matters
Defence land sales by the Labor government signal reduced reinvestment in domestic defence infrastructure and suggest fiscal pressure on defence procurement budgets at a critical moment for AUKUS platform integration and Australian industrial base expansion. Peter Garrett's criticism highlights internal Labor party concern about whether asset-sales-funded defence spending represents genuine capability growth or merely deficit management.
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