Australia must cement a far-reaching alliance on nuclear-powered submarines to ensure its security at a time of profound uncertainty in the region, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will declare in a speech on Wednesday
defending the $100 billion pact with the United States and the United Kingdom.
He will also emphasise the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions using the government’s proposed safeguard mechanism as an essential way to build trust with regional neighbours, a clear signal to the Greens to pass the package in the Senate because ofThe new message, to be delivered in an address to the National Press Club on Wednesday, sets the scene for a cascade of defence announcements including the choice of an AUKUS submarine, the release of unclassified elements of the Defence Strategic...
“This will be the single biggest leap in our defence capability in our history. Yet AUKUS is about much more than nuclear submarines, or even technological interoperability. AUKUS is about the future. , while Malcolm Turnbull has warned that it will sacrifice Australian independence and Australian National University professor Hugh White has written on the rising power of China to one day push the US out of Asia.
“But we recognise that pursuing and defending our sovereign interests and contributing to regional stability requires us to build our sovereign defence capability, including advanced manufacturing.”, led by former chief of defence force Sir Angus Houston and former defence minister Stephen Smith – now the high commissioner in London – was prepared in several stages including an interim report late last year and the final version delivered last week.
He also warns of cybersecurity threats in his speech and says he will convene a roundtable on the subject with Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil next week.
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