Former Labor leader and defence minister Kim Beazley played down the cost of the AUKUS agreement and argued it’s worth the money.
The Chinese mission to the UN has repeated claims the AUKUS arrangement breaches nuclear non-proliferation agreements and heightens the prospect for conflict.
“The irony of #AUKUS is that two nuclear weapons states who claim to uphold the highest nuclear non-proliferation standard are transferring tons of weapons-grade enriched uranium to a non-nuclear-weapon state, clearly violating the object and purpose of the NPT [Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons].”
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a virtual joint press conference unveiling AUKUS with then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden.“These challenges will be addressed by governments from both sides of politics for decades to come as they each do their part to steward this great initiative.”
“To [Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s] credit, they’ve continued that work. To the credit of Richard Marles and others in the Government, they’ve been able to bring to fruition this plan that’s been long in the making.” “We will provide support to the government when we’re in opposition and when we’re in government, we expect the support from the Labor Party as well, and I believe it will be forthcoming. I’ve worked with the Obama Administration, with the Trump Administration, and with the Biden Administration.
The rest of the offset comes from the $24 billion the government had put aside for the now-canned French submarines over 10 years. .Chalmers said the government was being more upfront than Coalition over the true cost of the entire project because it had factored in additional expenditure such as training.
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