Government to recruit 500 more reservists in $1 billion accelerated defence spend to support jobs
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Morrison government is accelerating and repurposing defence spending in a A$1 billion boost to support about 4,000 jobs and assist small and medium-sized businesses in the defence industry supply chain.
In several workforce initiatives worth about $80 million, up to 210,000 more days will be available to give supplementary employment to...
