%T The cost of Defence: ASPI Defence budget brief 2013-2014 %A Mark Thomson %I Australian Strategic Policy Institute %D 2013 %K Defence %U https://apo.org.au/node/34370 %X This report gives greater access to the complex workings of the Defence budget to help promote informed debate on Defence budget issues. After four years of cuts, defence spending is on the rise again. But the growth is occurring from a low base, and in absolute terms funding remains well below what was promised back in 2009. Yet plans for the ADF remain as ambitious as ever. %9 Report