“The sector is an important strategy, as important as defence because, if you can help stabilise our neighbours, that’s going to help Australia. But, we are not prepared. As a nation, we wait for something to happen then do we something about it to the best of our ability. And then we congratulate ourselves on how well we reacted,” Mr Blackburn said.
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