They’re spending just $415 per person on defence while the rest of the world is putting in $846, and over half of our peers are already doing better than that? We’re getting left behind with half the protection the world expects for its money, and I want my share raised to at least $800—not this bargain-basement peanuts we’re stuck with.
The numbers behind the demand
Previous
$415 / person
Per-person spend when demanded
Right now
$809 / person
Current per-person spend
— delivered
What voters want
$800 / person
Target per-person spend
🎉 Delivered on Nov. 2, 2023 via the budget that passed.
Next election on 11 February 2026 (in 1 year).
Pledges (2)
Anarchist League
pledged Nov. 1, 2023
Delivered
“If the government is going to waste spending on something, defense is not a bad option. We will rework the budget to hopefully get overall lower spending, taxes, a higher surplus, and achieve higher defense spending. We've done it before, we will do it again.”
Progressive Future
pledged Nov. 1, 2023
Delivered
“We will deliver this in our next 224 2025 budget as per se we will for now a lot of the 2023 to 202 2024 budget to go ahead”