Australia is sending a message to China that it will never be worthwhile to try and change the status quo by force according to former foreign minister Alexander Downer. The defence minister and the prime minister on Wednesday announced $270 billion in defence spending over the next ten years including a significant investment in long-range missile technology.
Mr Downer said Australia needs to ensure there is a proper balance of power in the region. “As China emerges from poverty to becoming a rich and powerful country, it wants to dominate the Indo-Pacific region increasingly,” he told Sky News host Chris Kenny. The former Howard government minister said Australia needs to be “blunt with China” and be abundantly clear it will not succeed in any attempt to gain more influence.
This is bullshit
AlexanderDowner You just have to pray that they don't do to you and your family what your family did to first nations families
I reckon Mr Pyne may have helped!
Lol. You can shoot them all day and they will keep coming. Wake up
Downer? Clintons coffee boy? Bahahaha
Excellently move ScottMorrisonMP China is the new fascist power. Need to prepare for self defense against them CCPVirus
Hilarious bollocks. The 'status quo'? Once upon a time it was 'freedom', or 'democracy', or 'our land'. But the best the copy boys could muster was status quo.... Worth fightin' for...
These politicians aren’t very bright China doesn’t have to use force , it’s far cheaper for them to buy assets they want , they already own a lot of Australia
BREAKING: HRH Alexander Downer triggers China’s retreat from its South China Sea claims. No guns were fired.
aussie needs to fight for a cause...but what cause is this?
Learned a good lesson the way they beat to dead Indian soldiers. Bat eaters are crazy creatures. Beef up or beaten faster
why would they need force, they just buy politicians
So what’s nation-builder Downer going to do? Bug the president’s office so he can get a better deal on Xmas bon bons!
Oh my god please shut up
Lord Fishnet Stockings will embolden our enemies to attack forthwith!
😅😂🤣🤪
Bastille...!?
China - don’t listen to Downer, no one else does
The communists have not won a decisive battle since 1949. They invade by stealth then Han Chinese move in. They breed out the local population. How did we get to this point in time? With politicians that can’t say “no.” We can’t go to China and freely buy property.
Can’t we just ban TikTok instead?
So rather than spending money on health (ongoing worldwide pandemic) or education or even the economy trying to recover from CoVid19 they wanna try spend on military hoping CCP will take them serious ... Yeah can't see anything wrong with that 🤦🏾 auspol
Oh great. We're trusting Alexander 'George Papadopolous' Downer? Spare me. Downer is a shill for China.
Is Alexander Downer going to blame Russia for black face cancelling too. Like Alyssa Milano.
Great idea. A war led recovery with our largest trading partner.
i hope china will take usa. fuck y'all 😅👍👽
Unless China uses submarines! AlanJones rowandean RitaPanahi RealMarkLatham DaisyCousens gideoncrozner macsween_prue pwafork RossCameron4 chrissmithonair thebettinaarndt
Australia needs to buy nukes off India to protect itself time to become a top dog like USA n China fight fire with Fire
they should give 270 billion to the ABC
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