The Opposition has blasted Anthony Albanese for appointing a former Labor minister to conduct a review into the Australian Defence Force.

The ADF is set to be “reshaped” under a review to be announced today by the Prime Minister.

Former defence minister Stephen Smith will oversee the comprehensive reassessment of the ADF, which will take into account the risk of “state-on-state conflict”.

The review will also look to make new recommendations on the ADF’s “structure, posture and ­preparedness”.

Shadow defence minister Andrew Hastie is in disbelief over the appointment of Mr Smith.

“Who does he send in to conduct the review? The bloke who did the biggest defence cuts in the last 70 years, Steven Smith, the one-man razor game,” he told Ray Hadley.

“I will be keeping them to account and I will be watching this review very very closely because I’m worried they’re going to gut defence.”

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