Sky News host James Morrow says the federal government doesn’t “have any other choice” but to massively increase defence spending ahead of the nuclear submarines bought under the AUKUS partnership.
“I think the government deserve credit for being really upfront about the fact it is going to be a massive investment,” Mr Morrow told Sky News host Sharri Markson.
“We don’t have any other choice; these are existential questions.
“Our defence we’ve known for a long time has been allowed to run down; this is cutting edge stuff that we’re trying to get, that we will be getting through AUKUS.”
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All I remember about the Oscars is
The slap on the face. Last year.
Gosh, OZ will have some nuke subs before 208O ?
Don't bother with defence. If the voice apartheid goes through then I'm rooting for China. China is quite welcome to destroy the apartheid that destroyed Australian democracy!
Steering wheel is on the wrong side.
$200B, 3 subs, 10 year construction, just for a nuclear deterrent that will only be used as a "last resort if the war is lost". All you need to know.
Russian submarine are cheap
Typhoon will be nice
Government should prioritise DVA members to build a skilled workforce. Most will have the relevant security clearances and will be motivated to enter a workforce post enlistment where they can still make an impact on the pointy end of the stick. That would lower the DVA burden on the government and fast track a motivated workforce
By the time we have them we will be talking Chinese
To
Little to late by all sides of politics
Two hundred and sheventy fife dollar saving. Repeat it 97 times.
Perhaps we could park them in Sydney harbour or Port of Melbourne and reverse power the cities during blackouts !
Better spending money on subs than Bowen's wet dreams! It'll be cheaper!
China has 79 subs, this is just another ripping the tax payers off to line pockets of the rich
Can’t have nuclear power generating stations but hey we want nuclear subs, handy when the wind stops
Chris Bowen has changed the design of the new submarine project, they will now have solar panels and wind turbines on them, because he is against nuclear power,
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Australia is a big country. The entire coastline is our border unlike other countries so a large naval force is imperative to the protection of this country. Not only from illegal fishing but if a foreign naval marine force was to enter Australia the response time would be so slow because of the isolated areas that they could easily build a base of operations. Only takes one dozer to build a runway for aircraft bombers in this vast land and an aircraft has a longer and faster range than tanks and wheeled vehicles. I think it’s a good investment to enlarge the Australian naval force
Why do we have to build the subs here? The off the shelf price will greatly reduce the budgetary expenditure, which could be put into more surface ships that we do build here. Also, how will it create 20,000 jobs? The reduced surface ship production will see thousands of lost jobs, so won't they just be moved over to the new project?
What is wrong with this guy Fauci? He suffers from the mental disorder of narcissism. Just like Gates, Schwab, Biden, Trudeau, Ardern, Rutte, Andrews, etc. And yet we collectively allow these mentally disordered people to hold positions of power.
Thieves and scammers
This whole submarine deal is a complete waste of money because without nuclear arms on these boats they hold zero deterrence value.
If you're going to defend the country then actually do it with nuclear arms so no one even considers invading.
No two nuclear powers have ever been at war.
We were fighting a new world war about every thirty years before nuclear weapons so we'd be up to about WW5 by now if it weren't for them.
The truth is they've been saving lives and not taking them.
A lot of money for protection racket (see smedley butler for origins of racket).
Aus has zero need for attack purpose nuclear powered machines, we need fast responding man and unmanned machines to protect the coastlines. Aus need to be free of big bro control and exit the racket.
Stopping net zero scam will pay for it all and some.!
What about the 275 dollars cheaper it's all labour bullshit it's only going up