Former prime minister Scott Morrison says that the changing situation in the Indo-Pacific region, including China's military ambitions, were leading factors when brokering the AUKUS deal in deep secrecy with the United States and the United Kingdom.
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.Scott Morrison says the main reason for the AUKUS deal was China's military expansion.abc.net.au/news/scott-morrison-china-military-aukus-deal-730/102094886Former prime minister Scott Morrison says China's rapid military build-up was at "the top of the list" of factors driving the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal he brokered in deep secrecy with the United States and the United Kingdom.
"We needed to acquire something that, as you said, no previous government had been able to do," Mr Morrison said. Asked if China's rapid military expansion had prompted the United States to say yes, Mr Morrison said: "It was a combination of events but that was certainly at the top of the list." Former prime minister Scott Morrison said it had been his ambition to expand the AUKUS agreement beyond nuclear-powered submarines.
Mr Morrison, who had announced the introduction of Robodebt as social services minister, was asked by 7.30 when exactly he was advised of the scheme’s illegality.Former human services minister Stuart Robert told the royal commission this month that he had defended the scheme as a "dutiful cabinet minister" even after he came to hold a “massive personal misgiving” about it.
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