
‘We can't do without them’: Kim Beazley on support for the US alliance slipping | Insiders On Background
From Politics Now
Published 4/17/2026
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…


