IPAN calls for a public inquiry into the AUKUS agreement examining the secret negotiations between Australian and US officials prior to the public announcement, and examining the costs and consequences for the Australian people.
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"Even if these submarines were to magically manifest, the Australian Navy, with no experience of operating SSNs, would be left to navigate their way around operating, not one, but two distinct types. That could be quite an ask, again touching on unreality.
The Singaporean former diplomat and globally recognised geo-political analyst, Kishore Mahbubani has said of Australia, ‘it can be a bridge between the East and the West in the Asian Century – or the tip of the spear projecting Western power into Asia.’ Former Prime Minister, Paul Keating has challenged Australia to find its security ‘in’ Asia rather than ‘from’ Asia"
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