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ADF White Paper 2016 is due tomorrow Thursday 25 Feb this week.
Malcolm Turnbull sticks to Tony Abbott's defence spending pledges in long-awaited white paper
24 Feb 2016 Andrew Greene & Stephanie Anderson
"The Turnbull Government will commit to spending 2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) on defence within a decade in its long-awaited white paper.
After several delays and re-writes, the highly anticipated Defence White Paper will finally be publicly unveiled by the Prime Minister on Thursday in Canberra.
The document outlines the Government's military and strategic vision and billions of dollars in spending to modernise the Navy and update Australia's ageing Collins-class fleet of submarines.
The ABC has confirmed 12 new submarines will form the centrepiece of the white paper.
Despite budgetary pressures, the Turnbull Government will stick to former prime minister Tony Abbott's commitment to spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence by 2023, the ABC has learnt.
It is understood a significant proportion of the spending will be on big-ticket items such as the next fleet of submarines, new RAAF planes and replacing the Army's armoured vehicle fleet....
...Australia's last Defence White Paper was released by Julia Gillard in 2013, and Mr Abbott promised to update the document within 18 months of being elected."
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-23/d ... es/7194480