Massive defence investment 'underpins' Australia: Marles

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Defence Minister Richard Marles has argued Australia’s social programs are underpinned by the “security of our country” as he defends the eye-watering cost of the AUKUS submarine acquisition.

The final blueprint of the AUKUS arrangement was revealed on Tuesday during a trilateral press conference with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his UK and US counterparts in San Diego.

US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during the announcement of the final AUKUS submarine project. Picture: Getty Images “That comes first, all the social programs that we put in place in health in education all the welfare programs which are really important to provide, all happen on a foundation of living in a nation which is secure.

The government will likely use the $6 billion allocated to the now-cancelled French attack class submarines for the AUKUS program over the forward estimates but will need to make further defence cuts. “And right now we face a lot of strategic complexity and a lot of strategic threat and I can assure you as a government we are rational people.

 

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It might help to defend our country by not allowing the Chinese to buy up all our farmland, residential housing and infrastructure too!

Yeah but don't buy the other shite the US is selling

What the chances of this ever happening? By the time our subs are ready, especially if built in Australia where over time and over budget are union mandates “string it out mate”, underwater sophisticated unmanned drones will be commonplace rendering our new expensive sub useless

270 billion in high income tax cuts for politicians,CEO's & millionaires must be cancelled. Funding of national defence & essential services is more important than gifting millionaires another rax break. AlboMP JEChalmers SenKatyG abcnews auspol Politics_SMHAGE 9NewsAUS

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