The Commonwealth Government is considering the manufacture In Australia of fighting aircraft of the latest British design.
Tt Is proposed thal planes should be built either in Government factories or by an arrangement with private aviation companies suitably subsidy ized by the Government, The Minis ter of Defence recently announced an ambitious defence programme including the creation of an effective Ait Force. Australia's dependence on Britain for fighting planes has caused some concern to experts advising the Government. Some of them take the view that Australia cannot expect to obtain her needs in Aghting aircraft with the celerity desired by the Defence Authorities.
Because of this time factor, official experts have suggested to the An tralian' Government that the Commonwealth should either build Its own factories for the manufacture of Mahling aeroplanes. for use 'Australia, or entrust this important and dificult work to private aviation companies, which' would be subsidized by the Government,
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