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Australian military budget drained by contractors: think tank

Harley Dennett
Updated May 26 2021 - 12:07pm, first published 12:00am
The Australian Army hosted a robotics challenge last month. Picture: Department of Defence
The Australian Army hosted a robotics challenge last month. Picture: Department of Defence

Too much of Defence's $122 million a day budget is being wasted on contractors, leaving insufficient funds for essential wartime acquisitions, a new report highlights.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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