So Richard Marles new line is that AUKUS is a “technology sharing agreement”.
This spin downplays the fact that we are subjugating our independence to the USA and its goal of continuing worldwide military dominance.
We should be pursuing peace not military expansion.
#7.30

Top US diplomat confirms loss of Australian sovereignty — AUKUS nuclear subs intended for US war with China 1/5

As suspected. Now being stated openly. Australia’s freedom of action in military strategy is being progressively whittled away.

❗️Top US official confirms AUKUS is war pact where nuclear subs supplied to Aust will be used in any US war v China. This massively undermines assurances from fed govt that Aust will retain ability to make sovereign decisions. Freeze AUKUS payments!

abc.net.au/news/2024-04-0…

“Australia's AUKUS submarines could be used to fight China in war over Taiwan, US official says” via ABC News #auspol

Our masters in Washington have said the quiet part out loud.

And Kurt Campbell is meant to be the ‘deft hand’ on Asian affairs.
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-0…

❗️Top US official confirms AUKUS is war pact where nuclear subs supplied to Aust will be used in any US war v China. This massively undermines assurances from fed govt that Aust will retain ability to make sovereign decisions. Freeze AUKUS payments!

abc.net.au/news/2024-04-0…

'Poison portal': AUKUS pact leaves door open for US and UK to dump radioactive waste from its nuclear subs in Australia.
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

The Virginia class submarines Australia is expecting to buy from the US in the early 2030s as part of the AUKUS security pact are running two to three years behind schedule, according to an internal US navy investigation.
#auspol
theaustralian.com.au/world/construc…

Utterly utterly devastating analysis by Malcolm Turnbull. Now a real prospect we will have a diminishing submarine fleet, then none. AUKUS will shrink into a pathetic loss-of-sovereignty deal to have US nuclear subs based here w/ a little Australian crew theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Richard Marles downplays the costs, complexity and criticism of the effectiveness, of relying on nuclear submarines for our defence.
Much eminent analysis makes the point that nuclear subs are offensive weapons not needed for effective defence or deterrence.

Thank you, David Pope Canberra Times

My family home is right by the ship yards in Osborne. This is not about Osborne, this is the Australian government paying our tax to a commercial entity on foreign soil to manufacture nuclear reactors on behalf of foreign governments. It does not pass the pub test.

😡 This does not pass pub test — Australia now funding nuclear production in both US and UK!

via Guardian Australia

Under AUKUS we’re paying billions to at best maybe get to put some submariners on a boat operated by the US navy. If they feel generous.

Believing we’ll get delivered and have full operation of nuke subs is fairy tale stuff.

$4.5 billion gift for the American submarine industry here, $4.6 billion donation to BAE there, soon you're talking real money. Marles the great defence philanthropist.
More accurate summary: Oz signs blank cheque for foreign defence companies
theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…