It's unfortunate that the decision to scrap the F-11 was made, but to be honest keeping it in the air was probably going to be very expensive. Unfortunately there does not appear to be anything out there that would replace it's strike capabilities, but that is the nature of the aircraft industry these days.
The post of defence minister down here seems to be a bit of a poison chalice, which is not helping long term defence planning/spending. While the option to but Typhoon might be tempting, I think we are way beyond the point when that choice should have been made.