Australian Defence Spending to be cut again

The statement that infuriates me is that front line troops would not be cut and that they would still get all the kit they need. Not sure how if we don't spend any money on it

Well they can't exactly give them the lightnings when they don't look like being ready until another two defence reviews have been published(if even then).
Think of the savings, 1.5 billion for some more planes now compared to 16 billion++++ on some planes that may or may not arrive a long time from now and may or may not even work