Toward Decline
Kouts blasts Peter Garrett’s AUKUS inquiry as ‘show-trial’ - Adelaide Now
Why it matters
AUKUS is Australia's primary submarine-modernisation vector and a cornerstone of Indo-Pacific alliance credibility. Partisan politicisation of the inquiry process, rather than bipartisan scrutiny, signals erosion of the strategic consensus needed to weather inevitable implementation friction and cost growth.
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