#aukus — Public Fediverse posts
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Japan, Australia, Canada and New Zealand can strengthen — not duplicate — the region's growing network of minilateral partnerships https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/07/15/world/new-indo-pacific-quad/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #quad #aukus #squad #australia #canada #newzealand #indopacific #china #nato #defense
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Japan, Australia, Canada and New Zealand can strengthen — not duplicate — the region's growing network of minilateral partnerships https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/07/15/world/new-indo-pacific-quad/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #quad #aukus #squad #australia #canada #newzealand #indopacific #china #nato #defense
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Labor planning to cut 145,000 people off NDIS Autism support
"Almost 145,000 Australians receiving support for autism on the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS) are expected to be removed by the end of the decade, internal estimates show, as the federal government moves ahead with plans to narrow the focus of the “diluted” $52bn scheme toward those with significant and complex needs."
..while funneling hundreds of billions to the DT regime for the already-failed #AUKUS fiasco, tax breaks for the Fossil Fuel syndicates (Labor's major "sponsors") and fast-tracking AI data-centres..
#LaborFail #Corruption #AUSPol #News #HumanRights #Activism #Disability #NDIS
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Labor planning to cut 145,000 people off NDIS Autism support
"Almost 145,000 Australians receiving support for autism on the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS) are expected to be removed by the end of the decade, internal estimates show, as the federal government moves ahead with plans to narrow the focus of the “diluted” $52bn scheme toward those with significant and complex needs."
..while funneling hundreds of billions to the DT regime for the already-failed #AUKUS fiasco, tax breaks for the Fossil Fuel syndicates (Labor's major "sponsors") and fast-tracking AI data-centres..
#LaborFail #Corruption #AUSPol #News #HumanRights #Activism #Disability #NDIS
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#AUKUS #DefenceProcurements #GovtContracts #Budget #ThalesContract #ANAO #AuditReport #AusPol #PatConroyMP“ *Defence has bungled its disastrous $1.9bn munitions contract with Thales. What hope does AUKUS have* ?
Despite the government’s recognition of the project’s risks, AUKUS is full steam ahead. But if Defence can’t manage two munition factories, how is it going to manage a much riskier program with gigantic cost implications?
Further, how much impact will a budget-draining project like AUKUS have on goals like munition supply resilience? As Crikey understands, several projects are already being trimmed to ensure there’s enough money available to meet the financial commitments made under AUKUS.
Munition supply in time of war is critical, as are fuel security and industry capability and resilience. But as ANAO’s audit, the war in the Middle East and our experience during the pandemic show, we aren’t getting these things right. If you struggle to buy bullets, you probably shouldn’t be focusing on buying submarines that only exist on paper and that break the laws of physics.”
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#AUKUS #DefenceProcurements #GovtContracts #Budget #ThalesContract #ANAO #AuditReport #AusPol #PatConroyMP“ *Defence has bungled its disastrous $1.9bn munitions contract with Thales. What hope does AUKUS have* ?
Despite the government’s recognition of the project’s risks, AUKUS is full steam ahead. But if Defence can’t manage two munition factories, how is it going to manage a much riskier program with gigantic cost implications?
Further, how much impact will a budget-draining project like AUKUS have on goals like munition supply resilience? As Crikey understands, several projects are already being trimmed to ensure there’s enough money available to meet the financial commitments made under AUKUS.
Munition supply in time of war is critical, as are fuel security and industry capability and resilience. But as ANAO’s audit, the war in the Middle East and our experience during the pandemic show, we aren’t getting these things right. If you struggle to buy bullets, you probably shouldn’t be focusing on buying submarines that only exist on paper and that break the laws of physics.”
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#AUKUS #DefenceProcurements #GovtContracts #Budget #ThalesContract #ANAO #AuditReport #AusPol #PatConroyMP“ *Defence has bungled its disastrous $1.9bn munitions contract with Thales. What hope does AUKUS have* ?
Further, it seems Defence has been getting some very simple things wrong. For example, ANAO found there was a gap of $109 million between the publicly reported total contract value and Defence’s total financial commitments under the contract. The dog ate my $109 million!
But the overarching concern uncovered in ANAO’s new audit is that it seems Defence, like a kid in a candy store, is simply treating these munitions facilities as a place to buy bullets and bombs — not looking at them as a domestic asset to meet future defence needs.
Hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars: Tallying Defence’s toxic submarine waste
Hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars: Tallying Defence’s toxic submarine waste
There was no focus on resilience and scalability moving forward. Industrial preparedness and manufacturing uplift were not being built into contracts, with attention placed instead on baseline operations and the delivery of mature products — and despite this, there’s been a 70% increase in breakdown maintenance. Perhaps even more alarming was the reported risk of a shrinking pool of specialist personnel.One imagines a local garage where the mechanics are working with increasingly unreliable equipment, and there’s no plan to get the workshop ready for electric vehicles. The older mechanics are happy working on Ford GTs and Holden Commodores, but it’s hard to retain younger mechanics keen to work on recent and emerging car technologies. You’re left wondering if the garage is going to be there when you might need it to fix your car.
What hope does AUKUS have?
The second instalment of ANAO’s audit of the Thales contract comes in the wake of the government’s realisation, finally, that Defence procurement is a basket case. As Crikey has extensively covered, Defence has wasted colossal amounts of money on its projects, which are almost always hampered by delays and cost blowouts.
At a Press Club address earlier this month, Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy talked of one navy procurement he was familiar with, stating, “When navy wrote the capability requirement that breached the laws of physics, Defence went to the market asking for those laws of physics to be broken, and [industry] contractually agreed to breach the laws of physics! And then, when the project inevitably fell apart, each blamed the other for not being able to breach the laws of physics.”
He then went on to state that reform was afoot, with a greater focus on off-the-shelf options that present much lower risks. But, ironically, those reforms aren’t being applied to the biggest and costliest bespoke Defence project: our trilateral AUKUS agreement with the US and UK over nuclear-powered submarines.”
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#AUKUS #DefenceProcurements #GovtContracts #Budget #ThalesContract #ANAO #AuditReport #AusPol #PatConroyMP“ *Defence has bungled its disastrous $1.9bn munitions contract with Thales. What hope does AUKUS have* ?
Further, it seems Defence has been getting some very simple things wrong. For example, ANAO found there was a gap of $109 million between the publicly reported total contract value and Defence’s total financial commitments under the contract. The dog ate my $109 million!
But the overarching concern uncovered in ANAO’s new audit is that it seems Defence, like a kid in a candy store, is simply treating these munitions facilities as a place to buy bullets and bombs — not looking at them as a domestic asset to meet future defence needs.
Hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars: Tallying Defence’s toxic submarine waste
Hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars: Tallying Defence’s toxic submarine waste
There was no focus on resilience and scalability moving forward. Industrial preparedness and manufacturing uplift were not being built into contracts, with attention placed instead on baseline operations and the delivery of mature products — and despite this, there’s been a 70% increase in breakdown maintenance. Perhaps even more alarming was the reported risk of a shrinking pool of specialist personnel.One imagines a local garage where the mechanics are working with increasingly unreliable equipment, and there’s no plan to get the workshop ready for electric vehicles. The older mechanics are happy working on Ford GTs and Holden Commodores, but it’s hard to retain younger mechanics keen to work on recent and emerging car technologies. You’re left wondering if the garage is going to be there when you might need it to fix your car.
What hope does AUKUS have?
The second instalment of ANAO’s audit of the Thales contract comes in the wake of the government’s realisation, finally, that Defence procurement is a basket case. As Crikey has extensively covered, Defence has wasted colossal amounts of money on its projects, which are almost always hampered by delays and cost blowouts.
At a Press Club address earlier this month, Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy talked of one navy procurement he was familiar with, stating, “When navy wrote the capability requirement that breached the laws of physics, Defence went to the market asking for those laws of physics to be broken, and [industry] contractually agreed to breach the laws of physics! And then, when the project inevitably fell apart, each blamed the other for not being able to breach the laws of physics.”
He then went on to state that reform was afoot, with a greater focus on off-the-shelf options that present much lower risks. But, ironically, those reforms aren’t being applied to the biggest and costliest bespoke Defence project: our trilateral AUKUS agreement with the US and UK over nuclear-powered submarines.”
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#AUKUS #DefenceProcurements #GovtContracts #Budget #ThalesContract #ANAO #AuditReport #AusPol #PatConroyMP“ *Defence has bungled its disastrous $1.9bn munitions contract with Thales. What hope does AUKUS have* ?
A billion-dollar munitions contract was awarded to a French state-owned company after a calamitous, one-horse tender process. The second instalment of an audit report reveals a litany of concerns.”
REX PATRICK
JUL 14, 2026
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“In 2020, the Australian government signed a 10-year $1.2 billion contract with Thales — a partially French state-owned defence company — to operate two Commonwealth-owned factories to domestically produce guided weapons, explosive ordnance and other munitions for the Australian Defence Force.As Bernard Keane wrote for Crikey in 2024, this billion-dollar contract was awarded after a tender process that only included Thales as a bidder, and for which Thales assisted in writing the tender documents. Despite this, Thales still bungled its proposal, with it considered significantly deficient and “high” risk, and with 199 non-compliances against the tender documents that Thales helped create.
Despite this, Defence awarded the contract to Thales anyway.
We know all of this from part one of an audit conducted by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) in 2024, which found the munitions contract with Thales lacked probity and involved unethical conduct. (There was also evidence that a Defence official had solicited a bottle of champagne from a Thales representative.) The unethical conduct was referred to the black hole that is our National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), and nothing has been seen since.It painted, as Keane wrote, a damning picture of “the worst Commonwealth purchasing exercise ever”.
A waste of taxpayer money
Last week, ANAO published the second instalment of its examination of this munitions contract with Thales, looking more specifically at the conduct of the contract’s implementation since it was awarded.
ANAO asked, essentially, does the Defence Department have effective contracting and governance in place, and has it managed the contract effectively to achieve value for money for the taxpayer? The answer — no, not really. Defence has only been “partially effective” and could only provide “limited assurance” that it has spent taxpayer money efficiently, the report states.
It also found that the original munitions contract value with Thales has increased by $608 million to a total of $1.9 billion. That is not necessarily an indicator of poor performance, as the increase has largely been associated with increased production orders. But ANAO did find that $43 million had been wasted on cancelled orders and products not delivered as planned.
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#AUKUS #DefenceProcurements #GovtContracts #Budget #ThalesContract #ANAO #AuditReport #AusPol #PatConroyMP“ *Defence has bungled its disastrous $1.9bn munitions contract with Thales. What hope does AUKUS have* ?
A billion-dollar munitions contract was awarded to a French state-owned company after a calamitous, one-horse tender process. The second instalment of an audit report reveals a litany of concerns.”
REX PATRICK
JUL 14, 2026
(Article *currently* signup walled)
“In 2020, the Australian government signed a 10-year $1.2 billion contract with Thales — a partially French state-owned defence company — to operate two Commonwealth-owned factories to domestically produce guided weapons, explosive ordnance and other munitions for the Australian Defence Force.As Bernard Keane wrote for Crikey in 2024, this billion-dollar contract was awarded after a tender process that only included Thales as a bidder, and for which Thales assisted in writing the tender documents. Despite this, Thales still bungled its proposal, with it considered significantly deficient and “high” risk, and with 199 non-compliances against the tender documents that Thales helped create.
Despite this, Defence awarded the contract to Thales anyway.
We know all of this from part one of an audit conducted by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) in 2024, which found the munitions contract with Thales lacked probity and involved unethical conduct. (There was also evidence that a Defence official had solicited a bottle of champagne from a Thales representative.) The unethical conduct was referred to the black hole that is our National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), and nothing has been seen since.It painted, as Keane wrote, a damning picture of “the worst Commonwealth purchasing exercise ever”.
A waste of taxpayer money
Last week, ANAO published the second instalment of its examination of this munitions contract with Thales, looking more specifically at the conduct of the contract’s implementation since it was awarded.
ANAO asked, essentially, does the Defence Department have effective contracting and governance in place, and has it managed the contract effectively to achieve value for money for the taxpayer? The answer — no, not really. Defence has only been “partially effective” and could only provide “limited assurance” that it has spent taxpayer money efficiently, the report states.
It also found that the original munitions contract value with Thales has increased by $608 million to a total of $1.9 billion. That is not necessarily an indicator of poor performance, as the increase has largely been associated with increased production orders. But ANAO did find that $43 million had been wasted on cancelled orders and products not delivered as planned.
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It seems to me that after all the angst I’ve seen here against the #AUKUS deal and especially against #TierOne and the #SSN plans, none of these anti-AUKUS tooters have commented/?read? my 4 part toot full of details about the collaboration history of #UK #US SSNs as well as their nuclear #reactors or even read the expert opinion offering a #PlanB I also tooted recently.
Shows you that anger needs very little to feed on while closing the open mind to more clarity and more details on the object of its obsession. No pointing fingers here, it’s just an observation.
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It seems to me that after all the angst I’ve seen here against the #AUKUS deal and especially against #TierOne and the #SSN plans, none of these anti-AUKUS tooters have commented/?read? my 4 part toot full of details about the collaboration history of #UK #US SSNs as well as their nuclear #reactors or even read the expert opinion offering a #PlanB I also tooted recently.
Shows you that anger needs very little to feed on while closing the open mind to more clarity and more details on the object of its obsession. No pointing fingers here, it’s just an observation.
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What I’ve been reading about: US-UK SSN Colaboration and what it means for sovereignty. Is there a kill switch? What does it mean for AUKUS?
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Source: Themistocles
Posted : May26
In Comments of https://www.navylookout.com/the-evolution-of-uk-nuclear-submarine-reactors-and-rolls-royces-central-role/It’s good information if one is going to argue about AUKUS TierONE to any informed length. I for one, learned a lot from reading it and will never see AUKUS in the same light.
#AUKUS #SSN #SG9 #PWR3plus #Astute #Vanguard #NuclearPropulsion #Submarine #SSNBM #UK #US #ReactorDesign #RollsRoyce
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What I’ve been reading about: US-UK SSN Colaboration and what it means for sovereignty. Is there a kill switch? What does it mean for AUKUS?
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Source: Themistocles
Posted : May26
In Comments of https://www.navylookout.com/the-evolution-of-uk-nuclear-submarine-reactors-and-rolls-royces-central-role/It’s good information if one is going to argue about AUKUS TierONE to any informed length. I for one, learned a lot from reading it and will never see AUKUS in the same light.
#AUKUS #SSN #SG9 #PWR3plus #Astute #Vanguard #NuclearPropulsion #Submarine #SSNBM #UK #US #ReactorDesign #RollsRoyce
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BOGAN INTEL LIVE: Manufacturing Consent for Conflict – ASPI’s China Narrative & Australia’s Real Choices w/Major Cameron Leckie, Dr Warwick Powell & Joel @[email protected] #auspol #AUKUS
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BOGAN INTEL LIVE: Manufacturing Consent for Conflict – ASPI’s China Narrative & Australia’s Real Choices w/Major Cameron Leckie, Dr Warwick Powell & Joel @[email protected] #auspol #AUKUS
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This is an interesting article regarding #AUKUS and a #PlanB (should there be one) by an expert in submarines (see article for details). The author makes a case for returning to the French to build the Australia #SSN on the basis that the #K15 reactor used in the #French construction uses Low Enriched Uranium (#LEU) the kind that is use in civilian nuclear industry. And there is a lot to be said for the idea (worth the read).
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This is an interesting article regarding #AUKUS and a #PlanB (should there be one) by an expert in submarines (see article for details). The author makes a case for returning to the French to build the Australia #SSN on the basis that the #K15 reactor used in the #French construction uses Low Enriched Uranium (#LEU) the kind that is use in civilian nuclear industry. And there is a lot to be said for the idea (worth the read).
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@Heterokromia
[edited link]I hear you and you have valid comments. I’ve just replied to another here:
https://urbanists.social/@MissGayle/116862181481106034
We need to understand, from a military strategic and tactical perspective, what *Deterrence* means before we get into a discussion about protecting sea lanes. The best historical example I can come up with is the German Uboat threat in the Atlantic in both WW. The Wolf pack might have been small, but their threat was Ocean wide. One can speculate a more dire outcome in WW2 had that wolfpack grown to the size the German Admirals had unsuccessfully asked for. One might also remember that that German sea lane interdiction might have been more effective had the UK not broken the Enigma code.
As far as the sovereignty and kill switch postulates, I can only reply that my security level doesn’t allow me to know one way or the other, so any comment from me would be pure speculation and unworthy of discussion at this level.
For the record, imo, the PRC Navy is still in dippers.
#ChineseNavy #PRCN #China #USNavy #AUKUS #SSN #SSNB #SeaLaneInterdiction #Deterrence #WOlfPack #WW2
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@Heterokromia
[edited link]I hear you and you have valid comments. I’ve just replied to another here:
https://urbanists.social/@MissGayle/116862181481106034
We need to understand, from a military strategic and tactical perspective, what *Deterrence* means before we get into a discussion about protecting sea lanes. The best historical example I can come up with is the German Uboat threat in the Atlantic in both WW. The Wolf pack might have been small, but their threat was Ocean wide. One can speculate a more dire outcome in WW2 had that wolfpack grown to the size the German Admirals had unsuccessfully asked for. One might also remember that that German sea lane interdiction might have been more effective had the UK not broken the Enigma code.
As far as the sovereignty and kill switch postulates, I can only reply that my security level doesn’t allow me to know one way or the other, so any comment from me would be pure speculation and unworthy of discussion at this level.
For the record, imo, the PRC Navy is still in dippers.
#ChineseNavy #PRCN #China #USNavy #AUKUS #SSN #SSNB #SeaLaneInterdiction #Deterrence #WOlfPack #WW2
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#music #tarot #cards #70's #auspol
BLACKFEATHER
SEASONS OF CHANGE
Trump, USD, YEN dramas will affect #QUAD #AUKUS
USA's making Philippines & Malaysia the Ukraine of our backyard so we need Trump to die soonish & fingers crossed ALP are not forcing us into war with China
youtu.be/07uUe58W_pE?...
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Blackfeather - Seasons of Chan... -
#music #tarot #cards #70's #auspol
BLACKFEATHER
SEASONS OF CHANGE
Trump, USD, YEN dramas will affect #QUAD #AUKUS
USA's making Philippines & Malaysia the Ukraine of our backyard so we need Trump to die soonish & fingers crossed ALP are not forcing us into war with China
youtu.be/07uUe58W_pE?...
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dlsswsojmwbwsidpbcblzoiv/post/3mptayrsf3s2t
Blackfeather - Seasons of Chan... -
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Weighing in again about #AUKUS. This is a vew expressed by Senator Raff Ciccone -- who chairs the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security -- which tends to be more informative then the brush-offs #Marles is famous for. The author's support for #AUKUS (with new info towit: the 2nd hand SSN will have <20 years of service life left in them when handed over) is based on geopolitical circumstances and Australia's strategic requirements. It's worth a read. And no, the Senator does not address the issue of sovereign capabilty primarily because he does not see there is an issue there to discuss (I'm reading between the lines here). Whatever the future holds for the UK-Australian designed AUKUS Class SSN, the interim US SSN will more that deliver their tonnage in weight of deterrence imo.
PS. While I am anti-war, I am not opposed to funding and building an effective military deterrence.
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Weighing in again about #AUKUS. This is a vew expressed by Senator Raff Ciccone -- who chairs the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security -- which tends to be more informative then the brush-offs #Marles is famous for. The author's support for #AUKUS (with new info towit: the 2nd hand SSN will have <20 years of service life left in them when handed over) is based on geopolitical circumstances and Australia's strategic requirements. It's worth a read. And no, the Senator does not address the issue of sovereign capabilty primarily because he does not see there is an issue there to discuss (I'm reading between the lines here). Whatever the future holds for the UK-Australian designed AUKUS Class SSN, the interim US SSN will more that deliver their tonnage in weight of deterrence imo.
PS. While I am anti-war, I am not opposed to funding and building an effective military deterrence.
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Entire NSW Labor left calls for controversial anti-protest laws to be scrapped ahead of party conference
By Jordyn Beazley and Penry BuckleyFifty-six state branches want laws reviewed, while gambling, Aukus and Palestine also on agenda
#NewSouthWalespolitics #ChrisMinns #Laborparty #Gambling #Transport #Aukus #NewSouthWales #Australianews #JordynBeazley #PenryBuckley
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Entire NSW Labor left calls for controversial anti-protest laws to be scrapped ahead of party conference https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/03/nsw-labor-party-conference-anti-protest-laws-aukus-gambling-palestine-ntwnfb #NewSouthWalesPolitics #ChrisMinns #LaborParty #Gambling #Transport #Aukus #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
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Entire NSW Labor left calls for controversial anti-protest laws to be scrapped ahead of party conference https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/03/nsw-labor-party-conference-anti-protest-laws-aukus-gambling-palestine-ntwnfb #NewSouthWalesPolitics #ChrisMinns #LaborParty #Gambling #Transport #Aukus #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
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The US states that have legalised recreational #cannabis have collected $28+ billion in tax revenue over the past twelve years, which is about $40 billion in Aussie dollars, or the cost of eight secondhand Virginia Class submarines. To hell with #AUKUS, #FreeTheWeed for our common defence! #auspol
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The US states that have legalised recreational #cannabis have collected $28+ billion in tax revenue over the past twelve years, which is about $40 billion in Aussie dollars, or the cost of eight secondhand Virginia Class submarines. To hell with #AUKUS, #FreeTheWeed for our common defence! #auspol
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/116844657450541420
Looks like the UK, Japan and Italy are on course to make a kind of #AUKUS deal but with fighter jets not submarines. I wonder if it’ll be anywhere near as bad? What’s the UK aircraft industry like? ANything like their ship building industry?
Maybe the UK and Australia ought to ditch the US and saddle up to Japan or Korea (the latter has excellent shipbuilding industries).
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/116844657450541420
Looks like the UK, Japan and Italy are on course to make a kind of #AUKUS deal but with fighter jets not submarines. I wonder if it’ll be anywhere near as bad? What’s the UK aircraft industry like? ANything like their ship building industry?
Maybe the UK and Australia ought to ditch the US and saddle up to Japan or Korea (the latter has excellent shipbuilding industries).
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The Guardian view on the defence investment plan: the UK needs security, not dependency on a wayward US | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/30/the-guardian-view-on-the-defence-investment-plan-the-uk-needs-security-not-dependency-on-a-wayward-us #DefencePolicy #Politics #Aukus #WorldNews #NuclearWeapons #DanJarvis #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #UkNews #TrumpAdministration #MinistryOfDefence #JohnHealey #Military
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The Guardian view on the defence investment plan: the UK needs security, not dependency on a wayward US | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/30/the-guardian-view-on-the-defence-investment-plan-the-uk-needs-security-not-dependency-on-a-wayward-us #DefencePolicy #Politics #Aukus #WorldNews #NuclearWeapons #DanJarvis #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #UkNews #TrumpAdministration #MinistryOfDefence #JohnHealey #Military
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#Music Midnight Oil - No Time for Games (Wanda Beach / 1982) #punk #australian
Public Inquiry into #AUKUS needs your support
Chip in a few bucks
Let the moths fly out your wallets, dammit!
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#Music Midnight Oil - No Time for Games (Wanda Beach / 1982) #punk #australian
Public Inquiry into #AUKUS needs your support
Chip in a few bucks
Let the moths fly out your wallets, dammit!
$44,337 raised of $150,000
links below #Auspol
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@ElectricTrike
The first four paragraphs are spot on and hence I concede that the #AUKUS Tier One deal needs to be reviewed and perhaps renegotiated into something that is a lot more than ‘possibly’ deliverable. Further, and more importantly, I opine that a Plan B (grounded in the commercially probable) needs to be thought out and acted on — there are alternatives.As for the rest of the good Senator’s thinking, it’s mostly extrapolation based on publicly available information and the govt’s stated strategic objectives (except for the storing of nuclear waste if, and it’s a big IF, the US ends up dumping it here which is unlikely given the US is kinda iffy about nuclear fuel, spent/repurposed, reprocessed or indeed enriched). Those strategic objectives btw are not carved in stone and will vary with time.
Shoebridge also engages in conjectures lacking relevant information (due to classifications). He does draw a long bow towards the end of the piece.
Nevertheless, I commend the #Greens Senator for keeping the public discourse on AUKUS alive despite #Marles ‘ best efforts to play down the whole debacle as : “steady she goes”. If the truth be known, the good ship lollipop is anything but.
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@ElectricTrike
The first four paragraphs are spot on and hence I concede that the #AUKUS Tier One deal needs to be reviewed and perhaps renegotiated into something that is a lot more than ‘possibly’ deliverable. Further, and more importantly, I opine that a Plan B (grounded in the commercially probable) needs to be thought out and acted on — there are alternatives.As for the rest of the good Senator’s thinking, it’s mostly extrapolation based on publicly available information and the govt’s stated strategic objectives (except for the storing of nuclear waste if, and it’s a big IF, the US ends up dumping it here which is unlikely given the US is kinda iffy about nuclear fuel, spent/repurposed, reprocessed or indeed enriched). Those strategic objectives btw are not carved in stone and will vary with time.
Shoebridge also engages in conjectures lacking relevant information (due to classifications). He does draw a long bow towards the end of the piece.
Nevertheless, I commend the #Greens Senator for keeping the public discourse on AUKUS alive despite #Marles ‘ best efforts to play down the whole debacle as : “steady she goes”. If the truth be known, the good ship lollipop is anything but.
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Really annoyed with the #Lowy Institute. For the second time, they’ve asked Australians whether we should seek a nuclear-powered submarine, then reported the answer as “support for #AUKUS”. I wrote and complained last time and they said they would fix it, but they haven’t. https://poll.lowyinstitute.org
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Really annoyed with the #Lowy Institute. For the second time, they’ve asked Australians whether we should seek a nuclear-powered submarine, then reported the answer as “support for #AUKUS”. I wrote and complained last time and they said they would fix it, but they haven’t. https://poll.lowyinstitute.org
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Australia's F-35s arrived in 2018. When the logistics software failed, Australian engineers couldn't inspect or fix it - they waited for a Lockheed Martin patch. Scale that up to AUKUS submarines and $9.9 billion of classified AI in REDSPICE, and "sovereign capability" starts to sound like a terms-of-service agreement you didn't read. Estonia built its entire e-government stack on open standards - no single vendor holds the keys.
We're assembling the world's most expensive collection of potential bricks.
Demand the terms sheet. Demand the keys.
https://gaggl.com/blogs/2026-06-16-the-billion-dollar-brick/
#DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource #VendorLockIn #Procurement transparency #AUKUS #auspol
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People mystified by how One Nation can be getting votes, here's a perspective: Lose access to your NDIS funding under Labor, or lose the NDIS under ON, but have the consolation of seeing #AlboMP's place in history recorded as "defeated by One Nation".
Now, project that onto every issue on which Labor have just continued previous LNP trajectories. #RoboDebt, #NACC, #AUKUS, etc.
If your own grave is already being dug, you may as well dig a second to settle scores.
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"From the outset, the politics of Aukus have been totally unsupported by policy – an “emperor’s clothes” situation where a single event can expose the intrinsic flimsiness of the entire enterprise."
#AUKUS #AusPol
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/16/uk-defence-minister-john-healey-resignation-wong-marles-aukus-exposed-political-stunt -
"From the outset, the politics of Aukus have been totally unsupported by policy – an “emperor’s clothes” situation where a single event can expose the intrinsic flimsiness of the entire enterprise."
#AUKUS #AusPol
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/16/uk-defence-minister-john-healey-resignation-wong-marles-aukus-exposed-political-stunt -
Australia's greatest ally. #Aukus #auspol #AI #Anthropic #Claude #Fable5 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
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