Age of the Dragon: How war could spill onto Australian territory

Bradley Perrett
Updated July 29 2021 - 7:31pm, first published May 23 2021 - 12:00am
F-35 Joint Strike Fighters taxi out for a night sortie from RAAF Base Williamtown. Picture: Department of Defence
F-35 Joint Strike Fighters taxi out for a night sortie from RAAF Base Williamtown. Picture: Department of Defence

For decades, the Australian government had a quiet, sensible rule for limiting defence spending: it assumed that the country would not suffer a major attack within 10 years.

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Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett is a regular ACM columnist with a focus on Australia's relationship with China, covering defence, strategy, trade, economics and domestic policy. He was based in Beijing as a journalist from 2004 to 2020.

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