Sentences with phrase «advocating federal government spending»
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Former defence minister and senator for Western Australia David Johnston has been appointed Australia's first defence export advocate, after the federalgovernment committed to spend an additional $ 20 million every year to support the sector.
There is strong resistance in the government to subsidy increases, which is understandable to an extent — no member of Congress wishes to advocate an increase of billions of dollars in federalspending.