Minister O‘Neil asked media to silence Hume during a fiery discussion in which Hume said ’it’s not our policy' to send public servants back to the office.
While promoted by the government as a major investment—and on target to meet US expectations—in real terms, Australia’s defence budget is barely sufficient.
‘It’s unlikely Indonesia would agree to a Russian base, but it’s very likely they’d allow Russian aircraft to use facilities,' said Michael Shoebridge.