Anthony Albanese pledges to reset Australia’s strained relationship with France after settling cancelled contract with Naval Group
The Australian government has agreed to pay €550m in a settlement with Naval Group over the former Morrison government’s controversial decision to scrap the French attack class submarine project., announced on Saturday the confidential settlement would draw a line under the cancelled $90bn project.
The agreement was forged by the new Labor government just three weeks after the federal election. Albanese confirmed it was not reached before the election by the former government and kept confidential. The prime minister said it would allow Australia to move forward in its relationship with France. Macron accused Morrison of lying to him about the deal, and Morrison later said he was “not going to cop sledging of Australia”.
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