Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stares down demand from Trump after major China warning
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken a defiant stand against America’s push to increase the nation’s defence budget.
Albanese was questioned about comments made by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth urging for Australia to ramp up its military spending, at the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore on Friday.
Hegseth met with Defence Minister Richard Marles on the sidelines of the meeting and warned China‘s rapid military growth posed a potentially imminent threat to the Indo-Pacific region.
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