Budget 2023: Massive Defence spend to see personnel receive ‘biggest pay increase in over a decade’The Government is hoping to address attrition in the Defence Force with a major pre-Budget funding announcement that will deliver the “biggest pay increase in over a decade” for personnel. We need to increase Military GDP spending to 3%. Interestingly Labour have quietly ratcheted GDP military spending from just over 1% to just under 2%. TDB Recommends NewzEngine.comAny upgrade of our military is for purely defensive purposes, not for military adventure or invasions. Te Pāti Māori now declares that Aotearoa must be militarily neutral, a Switzerland of the South Pacific” said Rawiri Waititi.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 09, 2023 00:53 UTC