I reject that. And I would just remind you of what our commitments are on defence spending: increasing defence spending to 2.6 per cent next year, with the aim of increasing it to 3 per cent in the next Parliament when fiscal conditions allow.
Responding to claims about delaying defence funding decisions.
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