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The defence link to Australia's business future

Nicholas Stuart
June 7 2021 - 4:30am
Rheinmetall Defence Australia managing director Gary Stewart with Defence Minister Peter Dutton. Picture: Defence
Rheinmetall Defence Australia managing director Gary Stewart with Defence Minister Peter Dutton. Picture: Defence

Ostensibly there's no link between a drawn-out defamation trial (beginning in the federal court Monday morning), a huge military equipment exhibition (in the Brisbane Convention Centre last week), and the Treasury (in King Edward Terrace, just down from Parliament House). Practically, however, an enormous amount will be riding on the hearings set down to be heard in Sydney over the next 10 weeks in front of Justice Anthony Besanko.

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Nicholas Stuart

Nicholas Stuart is a Canberra writer.

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