Oh Tony Abbott will be disappointed!! He wanted us to be ever so British and an honarary member of NATO and a leading member of the global Coalition. The LNP wante to even be world Arms Dealer and not just a buyer. It seems his and the LNP thought bubble have been well and truley popped. (ODT)

As with climate policy, Australia’s leadership is too close to America, too close to Rupert Murdoch and too weak to secure the country from future military threats. This is the second in the “Second Rate Leadership”, series by former public service chief Jon Stanford.

Second Rate Leadership: immense Defence spend unlikely to secure Australia in new world order – Michael West