Australian Defence Update

How and why the Australian government intends to spend $575 billion on defence over the next ten years. (With a projected annual expenditure of $73 billion by 2030, up from about $40 billion today.) here to edit. The new Defence Strategic Update.

Some commentaries:

1. Michael Shoebridge
2. From The Guardian: Allan Behm, Ashley Townshend, and Brendan Thomas-Noone.
3. ​From Joseph Camilleri, there's this and this. 
4. Mark Beeson
5. Geoffrey Barker
6. John Lee 

Useful data (follow the links) from Marcus Hellyer (ASPI).