‘Semantics': Albanese refuses to lift defence spending amid ‘most dangerous' times since WW2
'What are we to make of the Albanese Government's stubborn refusal to lift defence spending as a percentage of GDP?' Mr Macpherson said.
'This is a government that, on the one hand, admits we live in the most dangerous strategic times since World War Two, but on the other hand, insists we don't need to do anything about it.
'It's semantics.'
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