ANU experts react to the 2017/18 federal budget

A number of ANU experts have reacted following Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison unveiling the second Turnbull Government budget. DEFENCE/FOREIGN AFFAIRS Associate Professor Stephan Frühling, ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre - "In relation to Defence, this budget contains few surprises. The Turnbull government is sticking closely to the 10 year spending path it laid out in the 2016 Defence White Paper, which will see Defence expenditure rise to 2 per cent of GDP in 2020-21. Considering that the previous two White Papers' budget assumptions were hardly worth the paper they were written on, that is good news.   "Two major defence programs, the Future Submarine and Future Frigate, will receive significant funding for design activities for the first time. However, a stable funding environment is only a necessary, not sufficient condition to successfully deliver an ambitious Defence acquisition program.   "Having provided Defence the funding, Cabinet will have to now provide first and second pass approval to dozens of programs this financial year." IMMIGRATION.
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