Treasurer Jim Chalmers says AUKUS is about a “safe and secure and peaceful, prosperous region” and Australia’s sovereign capacity in the region.
“All countries in the region, including China … we all have an interest in maintaining peace, prosperity, safety and security in our region,” Mr Chalmers said.
“This is about Australia investing in its own national security, its own capacity, its own industrial capacity and jobs and opportunities into the future. “We do that because we want a region which is wealth-generating, opportunity creating, peaceful, prosperous, safe and secure.”
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