When asked about Australian defence spending, Abbott told his hosts that "I do think that it is irresponsible to save money in defence in a way that compromises your military capability given that Australia’s military capabilities are not vast to start with."
The speech itself was classic boilerplate, indeed almost pure cliché, complete with references to Ronald Reagan’s "city on the hill" and General Pershing’s doughboy soldiers in the trenches beside Australian diggers in 1918.īut, as often happens, it was Abbott’s less prepared remarks in subsequent question time that have provoked interest back in Australia. The Opposition Leader is in Washington on a whistlestop tour of US political scenery, in which a fawning speech to a friendly think-tank is de riguer. That’s what he’s told the conservative pundits and wonks at influential US policy institute, the Heritage Foundation. Tony Abbott is worried about the government’s cuts in defence spending.
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