Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has savaged the AUKUS submarine deal as the ‘worst international decision’ by a Labor government since conscription, ahead of a speech at the National Press Club. Follow updates live.
Australia is working to shore up its own nuclear-powered submarine production line to ensure the nation’s security needs are met in the decades to come.
A potential exchange of defence owned and leased land north of Adelaide at Cultana has also been flagged. “Developing this capability for our nation will make our nation more safe. Developing this capacity for Australia will have us be taken more seriously around the world,” he said. “The Commonwealth sees in South Australia the ability to build the most complex machines that have ever been produced in the history of humanity.“
“AUKUS presents by far the biggest threat yet that Australia will become a dumping ground for the world’s worst nuclear waste,” he said. Under the up-to-$368 billion deal - part of the AUKUS security arrangement - Australia will command a fleet of eight nuclear-powered submarines within the next three decades.
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