‘We can't do without them’: Kim Beazley on support for the US alliance slipping | Insiders On Background
About this episode
Kim Beazley discusses Australia's National Defence Strategy and the importance of the US alliance.
Australia’s National Defence Strategy was unveiled this week, with more money for drones and missiles and an unapologetic commitment to the US-alliance. Kim Beazley is a former Defence Minister during the Hawke Government, a long-serving Labor Leader in opposition, a former Ambassador to the United States and now Chair of the Australian War Memorial. He sat down with David Speers for this week’s Insiders On Background.
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