Peter Dutton has pledged to increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP if he is elected, after the Coalition leader was named the winner of a third leaders debate against Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Defence Minister Richard Marles has raised questions about how the opposition will fund this promise, while shadow finance minister Jane Hume omitted giving a clear date to reveal the Coalition’s costings.
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