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Category: Defence

Published: 07 May 2022

Category : Defence

Author: Marcus Hellyer

Confusion reigns in discussions about the cost of the Department of Defence’s equipment projects. Whether we’re talking about media articles, parliamentary committee hearings, letters to the editor, duelling internet commentators or any other forms of discourse that address Defence acquisitions, the only thing that’s clear is that we’re almost always talking past each other when it comes to the cost of military equipment. Defence doesn’t help when it releases only a bare minimum of information. This sorry state of affairs reached its peak several years ago, when it turned out that when Defence said that the cost of the Attack-class submarine was $50 billion it really meant that the cost was somewhere around $90 billion.

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Read more: Understanding the price of military equipment

Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/understanding-the-price-of-military-equipment/

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Category: Politics

Published: 07 May 2022

Category : News

Author: Audrey Young

White House security co-ordinator Kurt Campbell says the large response by countries in Asia to Ukraine is based on a desire to make sure such an invasion is not replicated by any other country in the region.

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Read more: US security expert thanks Jacinda Ardern for 'understanding the moment'

Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/us-security-expert-thanks-jacinda-ardern-for-understanding-the-moment/KANF2TGSQ6B5BFSC574GLVHOW4/

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Category: Defence

Published: 07 May 2022

Category : News

Author: Thomas Manch

Grounded aircraft, mothballed naval ships. The Defence Force has repeatedly warned the Government it has struggled to respond to even small-scale emergencies. But, as countries hike their defence spending, it’s not clear NZ can solve its woes with billion-dollar defence assets. Thomas Manch reports.

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Read more: 'Insidious' loss of capability: The Defence Force's struggle to respond to emergencies big and small

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128498549/insidious-loss-of-capability-the-defence-forces-struggle-to-respond-to-emergencies-big-and-small

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Defence Minister Peeni Henare up there with being one of the weakest  Defence Ministers the NZDF has ever had...

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Category: News

Published: 05 May 2022

Category : News

Author: RNZ

One of New Zealand's largest supermarket chains is temporarily freezing prices on 500 items in response to what's being called a cost of living crisis.

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Read more: Countdown freezing prices on 500 essential items over winter

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2022/05/countdown-freezing-prices-on-500-essential-items-over-winter.html

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