Simon Rosenberg: "the #AUKUS deal is dangerously compromising Australian sovereignty to US interests, at the cost of billions in public funds." The possibility of US sycophant Richard Marles doing anything for Australian interests is increasingly remote. #auspol

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"the #AUKUS deal is dangerously compromising Australian sovereignty to US interests, at the cost of billions in public funds." The possibility of US sycophant Richard Marles doing anything for Australian interests is increasingly remote. #auspol
- Guardian Australia australia.theguardian.com · Feb 5
  Possibility of US ever selling Australia nuclear submarines is increasingly remote, Aukus critics say
  Possibility of US ever selling Australia nuclear submarines is increasingly remote, Aukus critics say
  
  Malcolm Turnbull says government is ‘engaged in an exercise of denial’, as defence minister insists $368bn deal is ‘full steam ahead’ * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s submarine agency insists the Aukus agreement is progressing “at pace and on schedule”, but skeptics of the $368bn deal argue the chances of the US ever selling promised Virginia-class submarines to Australia are increasingly remote. The former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has said the Australian government is engaged “in an exercise of denial” about the parlous state of Aukus’s progress, while the Greens senator David Shoebridge said the deal was a “pantomime”, hopelessly one-sided in America’s favour. Continue reading...
  
  theguardian.com
Feb 5, 2026 19:50
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