The Labor National Conference has finally reached an agreement on the pivotal AUKUS deal, although the debate was not without a fair share of chaos.
Defence Minister Richard Marles was repeatedly heckled by delegates during his lengthy speech in favour of the defence agreement, ahead of a motion to pass the policy.
"Now these are not our decisions, these are not our choices. But this is the world we live in and it is our unavoidable obligation to navigate our way through it." A federal Labor backbencher broke ranks in a shocking breach of caucus solidarity, taking to the floor of the national conference to speak out against the AUKUS deal.
The Labor Environment Action Network spoke in favour of an amendment to remove nuclear submarines from the Defence Minister’s resolution, telling the conference there was “deep concern” about the AUKUS deal.
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