alt Hacker News100%. The only conceivable threat of invasion would be China, and they can just buy Australian resources [0] for far cheaper than it would cost them to invade us.
I don't understand who the cookers think we're defending against.
[0] https://shunculture.com/article/what-australian-companies-ar... it's about 2% in 2025
It is said that if you are resource rich it is best to sell your resources to others than to hoard them even if you sell them basically at cost.
It is better to have an economic alliance than a potential enemy.