Coalition backs away from $1.5 billion surveillance drone policy

In April, Opposition defence spokesman David Johnston said the Coalition would use drones to help spot and turn back asylum seeker boats. He laid out a $1.5 billion policy to buy seven drones and have them in the air by 2017-18. But today, Senator Johnston and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have released the Coalition's defence policy, which states only that it will "consider closely the need for unmanned aerial surveillance vehicles"

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