#aukus — Public Fediverse posts

Whoa… you’re making some statements that require a lot of assumptions on your part here. Unless you’re privy to the project there is no way you can make them. And quoting a few detracting experts isn’t much support for them either. All *expert* witnesses to the public enquiry have axes to grind. Some are obvious ( #Turnbull ） other not so much (ex-Defence), but none of them are on the *inside* now.

If #AUKUS was an illusion we wouldn’t have an ongoing project for it (there are still sane minds in our public service and in the #ADF to flag ‘impossible outcomes’). Whether AUKUS Tier One is poor value for money cannot be known, perhaps never will be, since this would require the value to be proven in a conflict (We’re talking here about whether the premium we pay is worth the insurance cover and possible payout). All I can say for sure is that there are valid strategic and tactical reasons to acquire #SSNs for the Australian Navy — we won’t acquire them just to be nice to the #US and the #UK or anyone else if we walk away from the current agreement.

As to spending less on #Defence. We barely spend 2% of GDP on defence. NDIS expenditure alone is set to equal that by the time we get a single SSN (Source: dataresearch.ndis.gov.au). Never mind the cost of public health overall which was already around 10% of GDP back in 2023 (Source: Statista.com). But I respect your pacifist views on this. I just don’t agree with those views.

As for International Institutions with military forces, that would be a surrender of sovereignty, the very criticism levelled at our US alliance and the AUKUS program. You can’t have it both ways. Moreover, we’ve had the #UN since 1945, with one war fought on its behalf that resolved nothing (1951 Korean War) and failed *intervention* and *peace keeping* missions enough to fill many history books. Unless we have a planetary govt, an armed international body is not going to spare anyone from the horrors of war and military aggression — 2,000 years of recorded history tells us that much. If an International military intervention is require, it is levied from countries willing to participate, and there we’re back to national standing armies which need to be funded adequately to do the tasks required of it.

I agree with your assessment of the #tRump Administration but there is a limit to his political mandate which he will not be able to breach. Moreover, the #ChristoFascist experiment currently underway is not a totalitarian regime and cannot become one in the US because of the democratic ideals embedded in the fabric of its society and made law in its Constitution.

I think I've addressed all the statements in your toot that I had issues with. I apologise for the length. Happy to dicsuss further, but not without making clear the assumptions behind any *statements*. If you wish to express an *opnion* on the other hand, that’s fine, we’ve all got those.

#turnbull #aukus #adf #ssns #us #uk

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 07:12 UTC

Whoa… you’re making some statements that require a lot of assumptions on your part here. Unless you’re privy to the project there is no way you can make them. And quoting a few detracting experts isn’t much support for them either. All *expert* witnesses to the public enquiry have axes to grind. Some are obvious ( #Turnbull ） other not so much (ex-Defence), but none of them are on the *inside* now.

If #AUKUS was an illusion we wouldn’t have an ongoing project for it (there are still sane minds in our public service and in the #ADF to flag ‘impossible outcomes’). Whether AUKUS Tier One is poor value for money cannot be known, perhaps never will be, since this would require the value to be proven in a conflict (We’re talking here about whether the premium we pay is worth the insurance cover and possible payout). All I can say for sure is that there are valid strategic and tactical reasons to acquire #SSNs for the Australian Navy — we won’t acquire them just to be nice to the #US and the #UK or anyone else if we walk away from the current agreement.

As to spending less on #Defence. We barely spend 2% of GDP on defence. NDIS expenditure alone is set to equal that by the time we get a single SSN (Source: dataresearch.ndis.gov.au). Never mind the cost of public health overall which was already around 10% of GDP back in 2023 (Source: Statista.com). But I respect your pacifist views on this. I just don’t agree with those views.

As for International Institutions with military forces, that would be a surrender of sovereignty, the very criticism levelled at our US alliance and the AUKUS program. You can’t have it both ways. Moreover, we’ve had the #UN since 1945, with one war fought on its behalf that resolved nothing (1951 Korean War) and failed *intervention* and *peace keeping* missions enough to fill many history books. Unless we have a planetary govt, an armed international body is not going to spare anyone from the horrors of war and military aggression — 2,000 years of recorded history tells us that much. If an International military intervention is require, it is levied from countries willing to participate, and there we’re back to national standing armies which need to be funded adequately to do the tasks required of it.

I agree with your assessment of the #tRump Administration but there is a limit to his political mandate which he will not be able to breach. Moreover, the #ChristoFascist experiment currently underway is not a totalitarian regime and cannot become one in the US because of the democratic ideals embedded in the fabric of its society and made law in its Constitution.

I think I've addressed all the statements in your toot that I had issues with. I apologise for the length. Happy to dicsuss further, but not without making clear the assumptions behind any *statements*. If you wish to express an *opnion* on the other hand, that’s fine, we’ve all got those.

#turnbull #aukus #adf #ssns #us #uk

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 07:12 UTC

Whoa… you’re making some statements that require a lot of assumptions on your part here. Unless you’re privy to the project there is no way you can make them. And quoting a few detracting experts isn’t much support for them either. All *expert* witnesses to the public enquiry have axes to grind. Some are obvious ( #Turnbull ） other not so much (ex-Defence), but none of them are on the *inside* now.

If #AUKUS was an illusion we wouldn’t have an ongoing project for it (there are still sane minds in our public service and in the #ADF to flag ‘impossible outcomes’). Whether AUKUS Tier One is poor value for money cannot be known, perhaps never will be, since this would require the value to be proven in a conflict (We’re talking here about whether the premium we pay is worth the insurance cover and possible payout). All I can say for sure is that there are valid strategic and tactical reasons to acquire #SSNs for the Australian Navy — we won’t acquire them just to be nice to the #US and the #UK or anyone else if we walk away from the current agreement.

As to spending less on #Defence. We barely spend 2% of GDP on defence. NDIS expenditure alone is set to equal that by the time we get a single SSN (Source: dataresearch.ndis.gov.au). Never mind the cost of public health overall which was already around 10% of GDP back in 2023 (Source: Statista.com). But I respect your pacifist views on this. I just don’t agree with those views.

As for International Institutions with military forces, that would be a surrender of sovereignty, the very criticism levelled at our US alliance and the AUKUS program. You can’t have it both ways. Moreover, we’ve had the #UN since 1945, with one war fought on its behalf that resolved nothing (1951 Korean War) and failed *intervention* and *peace keeping* missions enough to fill many history books. Unless we have a planetary govt, an armed international body is not going to spare anyone from the horrors of war and military aggression — 2,000 years of recorded history tells us that much. If an International military intervention is require, it is levied from countries willing to participate, and there we’re back to national standing armies which need to be funded adequately to do the tasks required of it.

I agree with your assessment of the #tRump Administration but there is a limit to his political mandate which he will not be able to breach. Moreover, the #ChristoFascist experiment currently underway is not a totalitarian regime and cannot become one in the US because of the democratic ideals embedded in the fabric of its society and made law in its Constitution.

I think I've addressed all the statements in your toot that I had issues with. I apologise for the length. Happy to dicsuss further, but not without making clear the assumptions behind any *statements*. If you wish to express an *opnion* on the other hand, that’s fine, we’ve all got those.

#christofascist #trump #un #defence #uk #us

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 07:12 UTC

https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/the-rest-is-classified/id1780384916

Whoa… you’re making some statements that require a lot of assumptions on your part here. Unless you’re privy to the project there is no way you can make them. And quoting a few detracting experts isn’t much support for them either. All *expert* witnesses to the public enquiry have axes to grind. Some are obvious ( #Turnbull ） other not so much (ex-Defence), but none of them are on the *inside* now.

If #AUKUS was an illusion we wouldn’t have an ongoing project for it (there are still sane minds in our public service and in the #ADF to flag ‘impossible outcomes’). Whether AUKUS Tier One is poor value for money cannot be known, perhaps never will be, since this would require the value to be proven in a conflict (We’re talking here about whether the premium we pay is worth the insurance cover and possible payout). All I can say for sure is that there are valid strategic and tactical reasons to acquire #SSNs for the Australian Navy — we won’t acquire them just to be nice to the #US and the #UK or anyone else if we walk away from the current agreement.

As to spending less on #Defence. We barely spend 2% of GDP on defence. NDIS expenditure alone is set to equal that by the time we get a single SSN (Source: dataresearch.ndis.gov.au). Never mind the cost of public health overall which was already around 10% of GDP back in 2023 (Source: Statista.com). But I respect your pacifist views on this. I just don’t agree with those views.

As for International Institutions with military forces, that would be a surrender of sovereignty, the very criticism levelled at our US alliance and the AUKUS program. You can’t have it both ways. Moreover, we’ve had the #UN since 1945, with one war fought on its behalf that resolved nothing (1951 Korean War) and failed *intervention* and *peace keeping* missions enough to fill many history books. Unless we have a planetary govt, an armed international body is not going to spare anyone from the horrors of war and military aggression — 2,000 years of recorded history tells us that much. If an International military intervention is require, it is levied from countries willing to participate, and there we’re back to national standing armies which need to be funded adequately to do the tasks required of it.

I agree with your assessment of the #tRump Administration but there is a limit to his political mandate which he will not be able to breach. Moreover, the #ChristoFascist experiment currently underway is not a totalitarian regime and cannot become one in the US because of the democratic ideals embedded in the fabric of its society and made law in its Constitution.

I think I've addressed all the statements in your toot that I had issues with. I apologise for the length. Happy to dicsuss further, but not without making clear the assumptions behind any *statements*. If you wish to express an *opnion* on the other hand, that’s fine, we’ve all got those.

#turnbull #aukus #adf #ssns #us #uk

Frédéric Jacobs @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 07:03 UTC

Can Five Eyes Survive Trump?
Insightful discussions into the behind the scenes of the strained alliance.

The Five Eyes was a Cold War creation.
In the age of #AUKUS, an FBI director that wants to host intelligence meetings on jet skis, UK suspending drug trafficking intelligence sharing with the US because of boat strikes it believes are illegal, commercial surveillance services ... is the alliance currently still relevant?

#aukus

Frédéric Jacobs @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 07:03 UTC

Can Five Eyes Survive Trump?
Insightful discussions into the behind the scenes of the strained alliance.

The Five Eyes was a Cold War creation.
In the age of #AUKUS, an FBI director that wants to host intelligence meetings on jet skis, UK suspending drug trafficking intelligence sharing with the US because of boat strikes it believes are illegal, commercial surveillance services ... is the alliance currently still relevant?

https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/the-rest-is-classified/id1780384916

#aukus

Frédéric Jacobs @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 07:03 UTC

Can Five Eyes Survive Trump?
Insightful discussions into the behind the scenes of the strained alliance.

The Five Eyes was a Cold War creation.
In the age of #AUKUS, an FBI director that wants to host intelligence meetings on jet skis, UK suspending drug trafficking intelligence sharing with the US because of boat strikes it believes are illegal, commercial surveillance services ... is the alliance currently still relevant?

https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/the-rest-is-classified/id1780384916

#aukus

Frédéric Jacobs @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 07:03 UTC

Can Five Eyes Survive Trump?
Insightful discussions into the behind the scenes of the strained alliance.

The Five Eyes was a Cold War creation.
In the age of #AUKUS, an FBI director that wants to host intelligence meetings on jet skis, UK suspending drug trafficking intelligence sharing with the US because of boat strikes it believes are illegal, commercial surveillance services ... is the alliance currently still relevant?

https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/the-rest-is-classified/id1780384916

#aukus

Frédéric Jacobs @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 07:03 UTC

Can Five Eyes Survive Trump?
Insightful discussions into the behind the scenes of the strained alliance.

The Five Eyes was a Cold War creation.
In the age of #AUKUS, an FBI director that wants to host intelligence meetings on jet skis, UK suspending drug trafficking intelligence sharing with the US because of boat strikes it believes are illegal, commercial surveillance services ... is the alliance currently still relevant?

https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/the-rest-is-classified/id1780384916

#aukus

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 00:39 UTC

@AvonVilla
Finally, you spoke the quiet parts aloud, you’re #antiWar and #antiMilitarist. Good, now I know were you’re coming from. I respect your opposition to what is a scourge on our species. I disagree with your line of argument, but I respect your view.

I am not a warmonger nor a militarist either, but I am not a pacifist, nor reluctant to taking a life under very specific circumstances. I also know what it’s like being in uniform with less than optimal tools to do the assigned tasks — which in the worst case is terminal.

#antiwar #antimilitarist #adf #defence #deterence #auspol

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 00:39 UTC

@AvonVilla
Finally, you spoke the quiet parts aloud, you’re #antiWar and #antiMilitarist. Good, now I know were you’re coming from. I respect your opposition to what is a scourge on our species. I disagree with your line of argument, but I respect your view.

I am not a warmonger nor a militarist either, but I am not a pacifist, nor reluctant to taking a life under very specific circumstances. I also know what it’s like being in uniform with less than optimal tools to do the assigned tasks — which in the worst case is terminal.

#antiwar #antimilitarist #adf #defence #deterence #auspol

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 00:39 UTC

@AvonVilla
Finally, you spoke the quiet parts aloud, you’re #antiWar and #antiMilitarist. Good, now I know were you’re coming from. I respect your opposition to what is a scourge on our species. I disagree with your line of argument, but I respect your view.

I am not a warmonger nor a militarist either, but I am not a pacifist, nor reluctant to taking a life under very specific circumstances. I also know what it’s like being in uniform with less than optimal tools to do the assigned tasks — which in the worst case is terminal.

#aukus #auspol #deterence #defence #adf #antimilitarist

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 00:39 UTC

@AvonVilla
Finally, you spoke the quiet parts aloud, you’re #antiWar and #antiMilitarist. Good, now I know were you’re coming from. I respect your opposition to what is a scourge on our species. I disagree with your line of argument, but I respect your view.

I am not a warmonger nor a militarist either, but I am not a pacifist, nor reluctant to taking a life under very specific circumstances. I also know what it’s like being in uniform with less than optimal tools to do the assigned tasks — which in the worst case is terminal.

#antiwar #antimilitarist #adf #defence #deterence #auspol

Pepper Qi @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 14:06 UTC

youtu.be/0XhEQwSr6C8
US Panics as Bonds ALL Selling-Off, Reserve Status CRASHES+ Trump Makes Crisis Worse
Sean Foo tells us what Jim Chalmers & Katie Gallagher wont! #AUKUS was created so Aussie taxpayers continue to prop US & UK up while we continue to do Zionists bidding #Auspol #Epstein #finance

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:crquu3blyn4b2adgj5hhb66p/post/3mtgv767qjs2j

America Panics as Bonds ALL Se...

#aukus #auspol #epstein #finance

Pepper Qi @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 14:06 UTC

youtu.be/0XhEQwSr6C8
US Panics as Bonds ALL Selling-Off, Reserve Status CRASHES+ Trump Makes Crisis Worse
Sean Foo tells us what Jim Chalmers & Katie Gallagher wont! #AUKUS was created so Aussie taxpayers continue to prop US & UK up while we continue to do Zionists bidding #Auspol #Epstein #finance

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:crquu3blyn4b2adgj5hhb66p/post/3mtgv767qjs2j

America Panics as Bonds ALL Se...

#aukus #auspol #epstein #finance

Pepper Qi @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 14:06 UTC

youtu.be/0XhEQwSr6C8
US Panics as Bonds ALL Selling-Off, Reserve Status CRASHES+ Trump Makes Crisis Worse
Sean Foo tells us what Jim Chalmers & Katie Gallagher wont! #AUKUS was created so Aussie taxpayers continue to prop US & UK up while we continue to do Zionists bidding #Auspol #Epstein #finance

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:crquu3blyn4b2adgj5hhb66p/post/3mtgv767qjs2j

America Panics as Bonds ALL Se...

#finance #epstein #auspol #aukus

Pepper Qi @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 14:06 UTC

youtu.be/0XhEQwSr6C8
US Panics as Bonds ALL Selling-Off, Reserve Status CRASHES+ Trump Makes Crisis Worse
Sean Foo tells us what Jim Chalmers & Katie Gallagher wont! #AUKUS was created so Aussie taxpayers continue to prop US & UK up while we continue to do Zionists bidding #Auspol #Epstein #finance

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:crquu3blyn4b2adgj5hhb66p/post/3mtgv767qjs2j

America Panics as Bonds ALL Se...

#aukus #auspol #epstein #finance

Pepper Qi @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 12:49 UTC

www.maariv.co.il/news/politic...
Trump confirms reports: "It would be best if he stayed out of the Israeli elections."

Trump's been told to be a good goy or suffer the consequences. That means he's allowing Israel to interfere in US, UK & Australian politics & elections too.

FK #AUKUS #Auspol

#aukus #auspol

Pepper Qi @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 12:49 UTC

www.maariv.co.il/news/politic...
Trump confirms reports: "It would be best if he stayed out of the Israeli elections."

Trump's been told to be a good goy or suffer the consequences. That means he's allowing Israel to interfere in US, UK & Australian politics & elections too.

FK #AUKUS #Auspol

#auspol #aukus

Pepper Qi @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 12:32 UTC

He is! So is our Government for not fighting for an independent sovereign Country, preferring to be permanently shackled to #AUKUS fighting "holy wars" for the Zionist genocidal state instead.

#Auspol
Welcome to the post-American order in the Persian Gulf.

#aukus #auspol

Pepper Qi @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 12:32 UTC

He is! So is our Government for not fighting for an independent sovereign Country, preferring to be permanently shackled to #AUKUS fighting "holy wars" for the Zionist genocidal state instead.

#Auspol
Welcome to the post-American order in the Persian Gulf.

#auspol #aukus

Pepper Qi @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 12:19 UTC

IDF chief meets Greek counterpart to cause issues with Turkiye thecradle.co/articles/isr...
UK's invaded Cyprus FK #AUKUS #Auspol so
Israel's been forcing cooperation with Greece & Cyprus. Israel's targeted a Syrian base this week & said the strike was aimed at preventing military buildup by Ankara.

#aukus #auspol

Pepper Qi @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 12:19 UTC

IDF chief meets Greek counterpart to cause issues with Turkiye thecradle.co/articles/isr...
UK's invaded Cyprus FK #AUKUS #Auspol so
Israel's been forcing cooperation with Greece & Cyprus. Israel's targeted a Syrian base this week & said the strike was aimed at preventing military buildup by Ankara.

#auspol #aukus

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 08:29 UTC

@AvonVilla
Hmmm. If you are serving or ever served in the ADF, you will know that Defence needs all that cash for a lot of needed personnel/equipment if those in uniforms are going to put their lives on the line when (not if) the shit hits the fan… so, I can’t agree with you there, not in the least.

#adf #aukus #auspol

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 08:29 UTC

@AvonVilla
Hmmm. If you are serving or ever served in the ADF, you will know that Defence needs all that cash for a lot of needed personnel/equipment if those in uniforms are going to put their lives on the line when (not if) the shit hits the fan… so, I can’t agree with you there, not in the least.

#adf #aukus #auspol

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 08:29 UTC

@AvonVilla
Hmmm. If you are serving or ever served in the ADF, you will know that Defence needs all that cash for a lot of needed personnel/equipment if those in uniforms are going to put their lives on the line when (not if) the shit hits the fan… so, I can’t agree with you there, not in the least.

#auspol #aukus #adf

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 08:29 UTC

@AvonVilla
Hmmm. If you are serving or ever served in the ADF, you will know that Defence needs all that cash for a lot of needed personnel/equipment if those in uniforms are going to put their lives on the line when (not if) the shit hits the fan… so, I can’t agree with you there, not in the least.

#adf #aukus #auspol

Pepper Qi @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 08:03 UTC

ASIO's BFF CAUGHT IN A BIBLICAL LIE OF EPIC PROPORTIONS #Auspol

This Actual Semite Who Is Genetically Closer To King DaVID Proves ISAAC HERZOG IS FULL OF HORSESHIT and so are those who believe him.

Fk Lying Satanic Genocidal Maniacs & Fk #AUKUS
youtu.be/vkkffRIw1pg

Israel's President Caught in B...

#auspol #aukus

Pepper Qi @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 08:03 UTC

ASIO's BFF CAUGHT IN A BIBLICAL LIE OF EPIC PROPORTIONS #Auspol

This Actual Semite Who Is Genetically Closer To King DaVID Proves ISAAC HERZOG IS FULL OF HORSESHIT and so are those who believe him.

Fk Lying Satanic Genocidal Maniacs & Fk #AUKUS
youtu.be/vkkffRIw1pg

Israel's President Caught in B...

#aukus #auspol

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 05:14 UTC

@sister_ratched
Hate to burst your bubble, but even if #AUKUS was somehow *cancelled*, it would absolutely not free up billions for NDIS. The AUKUS money comes out of the Defence budget over a period of 10 years. There is no separate AUKUS money per se, it’s all in the overall defence funding commitment sitting just above 2% of GDP.

The only way to fund NDIS properly is through #TaxReform; increasing tax revenue by cutting out all fossil fuel subsidies and properly taxing #GasExports (like every other country does). There are other #taxChanges that need to be made to recover AUS$ that are making their way overseas taxfree as well (in the billions of $).

Australia remains one of the few (might be the only one actually) OECD countries which is over-reliant on wage/salary taxes as revenue.

#aukus #taxreform #gasexports #taxchanges #taxtherich

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 05:14 UTC

@sister_ratched
Hate to burst your bubble, but even if #AUKUS was somehow *cancelled*, it would absolutely not free up billions for NDIS. The AUKUS money comes out of the Defence budget over a period of 10 years. There is no separate AUKUS money per se, it’s all in the overall defence funding commitment sitting just above 2% of GDP.

The only way to fund NDIS properly is through #TaxReform; increasing tax revenue by cutting out all fossil fuel subsidies and properly taxing #GasExports (like every other country does). There are other #taxChanges that need to be made to recover AUS$ that are making their way overseas taxfree as well (in the billions of $).

Australia remains one of the few (might be the only one actually) OECD countries which is over-reliant on wage/salary taxes as revenue.

#aukus #taxreform #gasexports #taxchanges #taxtherich

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 05:14 UTC

@sister_ratched
Hate to burst your bubble, but even if #AUKUS was somehow *cancelled*, it would absolutely not free up billions for NDIS. The AUKUS money comes out of the Defence budget over a period of 10 years. There is no separate AUKUS money per se, it’s all in the overall defence funding commitment sitting just above 2% of GDP.

The only way to fund NDIS properly is through #TaxReform; increasing tax revenue by cutting out all fossil fuel subsidies and properly taxing #GasExports (like every other country does). There are other #taxChanges that need to be made to recover AUS$ that are making their way overseas taxfree as well (in the billions of $).

Australia remains one of the few (might be the only one actually) OECD countries which is over-reliant on wage/salary taxes as revenue.

#aukus #taxreform #gasexports #taxchanges #taxtherich

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 05:14 UTC

@sister_ratched
Hate to burst your bubble, but even if #AUKUS was somehow *cancelled*, it would absolutely not free up billions for NDIS. The AUKUS money comes out of the Defence budget over a period of 10 years. There is no separate AUKUS money per se, it’s all in the overall defence funding commitment sitting just above 2% of GDP.

The only way to fund NDIS properly is through #TaxReform; increasing tax revenue by cutting out all fossil fuel subsidies and properly taxing #GasExports (like every other country does). There are other #taxChanges that need to be made to recover AUS$ that are making their way overseas taxfree as well (in the billions of $).

Australia remains one of the few (might be the only one actually) OECD countries which is over-reliant on wage/salary taxes as revenue.

#taxtherich #taxchanges #gasexports #taxreform #aukus

RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected] · 2026-08-19 · 05:14 UTC

@sister_ratched
Hate to burst your bubble, but even if #AUKUS was somehow *cancelled*, it would absolutely not free up billions for NDIS. The AUKUS money comes out of the Defence budget over a period of 10 years. There is no separate AUKUS money per se, it’s all in the overall defence funding commitment sitting just above 2% of GDP.

The only way to fund NDIS properly is through #TaxReform; increasing tax revenue by cutting out all fossil fuel subsidies and properly taxing #GasExports (like every other country does). There are other #taxChanges that need to be made to recover AUS$ that are making their way overseas taxfree as well (in the billions of $).

Australia remains one of the few (might be the only one actually) OECD countries which is over-reliant on wage/salary taxes as revenue.