Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has urged the government to bolster Australia’s defences forces as quickly as possible, including looking into acquiring submarines off the production line.
The former defence minister says while the trilateral AUKUS partnership with the United Kingdom and United States would underpin Australia’s national security for the next five to six decades, submarines to fill the nation’s capability gap were needed as soon as possible.we need those submarines, and we need them quickly.
Such capability would ensure “any adversary understands that there would be a price to pay if there was an attack on our country”, Mr Dutton said.But the opposition leader didn’t clarify whether “off the production line” referred to buying or leasing options with the US. Mr Dutton compared the current situation between China and Taiwan to the period before Russia invaded Ukraine earlier this year.
In a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Mr Xiao said China would hope to return Taiwan under its rule by “all necessary means”.Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the comments by the ambassador were concerning.
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