The current debate on Defence funding, sparked by our 29 May report The Cost of Defence: ASPI Defence budget brief 2025–2026, and a subsequent US request for Australia to spend more, has swung between a …
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Indonesia’s defence budget for 2026 is 187.1 trillion rupiah (A$17 billion). This is a small increase from last year’s budget but still low compared with GDP and global standards. A significant portion of the budget …
The good thing about the share of GDP as a measure of defence spending is that it’s simple and comparable. The bad thing is that it is a poor guide to whether the country can …
We can almost get there using available data, and with a bit of determined accountancy we could probably get the whole way. An examination of budget papers can largely explain the 14 September statement by …
Defence’s role remains paramount in delivering national security, but hybrid threats, cyber security and access to space-based services are not problems for the military alone to solve. At ASPI’s annual defence conference on 4 June, …