Federal Senator Jim Molan has warned Australians against complacency, saying there is a need to be prepared for conflict in the Indo-Pacific region. He made the comments to Emeritus Professor of Law David Flint in an episode of Australia Calling, saying Australia’s defence force could not sustain a prolonged conflict. “The government from 2013 until now has done more for national security than any other government in relation to the Australian Defence Force (ADF). They brought our defence force up to where it should have been for the last 75 years,” he said. He pointed to the June 2020 new Strategic Update, which saw the federal government pledge $270 billion (US$196 million) into the ADF over the next decade in response to an Indo-Pacific region that Prime Minister Scott Morrison said was the “epicentre of rising strategic competition.” However, according to Molan, “It still leaves us with a defence force …