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DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA NAVY AS THE FIRST LINE EXPANSION OF AIR FORCE United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. CANBERRA, Aug. 24 Australia’s defence policy is to be recast as the result of the recent Imperial Conference. The Government will concentrate in its new programme upon the Navy as the first line of defence. Other aspects of local defence, such as the expansion of the Air Force and munitions manufacture, both Government and commercial, will take precedence over steps to repulse possible attacks by other countries. The Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, in a lengthy report on the Imperial Conference, emphasised the need for Australia’s co-operation with Britain in naval expansion, visualising the main danger to Australia in a struggle between British and enemy fleets for the control of sea communications.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20281, 25 August 1937, Page 7
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132POLICY CHANGE Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20281, 25 August 1937, Page 7
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