Malcolm Turnbull unveiled a new defence policy and strategy that aims to make Australia one of the top 10 arms exporters within the next decade.
The policy is aimed to create more jobs for Australians, but the plan has been criticised by World Vision Australia’s chief advocate Tim Costello, who said that we would be “exporting death and profiting from bloodshed”.
Priority markets that have been identified for Australian arms exports include the Middle East, the Indo-Pacific region, Europe and North America.