AUKUS money would be better spent on public education, housing, skills crisis - NSW Teachers Federation

This represents domestic political headwind against AUKUS spending, arguing public funds would be better directed to social investment. While a union position statement alone does not shift policy, it signals a vulnerability in the political coalition sustaining AUKUS, and if consolidated across labour and progressive constituencies, could create pressure to reprioritise or defer spending, threatening the 2045 delivery schedule.