Senator ANNING (Queensland) (15:32): I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) on 11 July 2018, United States President, Mr Donald Trump, told NATO leaders they should increase their defence spending to 4 per cent of their country's economic output, (ii) the United States spent approximately 3 per cent of its GDP on defence last year, (iii) Australia spent approximately 2 per cent of its GDP on defence last year, (iv) we live in a volatile geo-political environment, and Australia ought to have strong defence capabilities to defend the air-sea gap approach to our borders, and (v) historically, during the 1950s and 1960s, Australia spent on average 3 per cent of its GDP on defence; and (b) calls on the Federal Government to increase its defence spending to a target of 4 per cent GDP to protect all Australians.