https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/05/after-the-victory-keltys-warning-and-why-its-still-not-enough/

After the resounding election win by Labor there are calls from voices within the party for changing course on foreign policy and action on climate change.

Amongst them Kelty, a veteran architect of the Hawke-Keating settlement, offered in his widely circulated “ _Labor Is Mired in Mediocrity_” essay a heartfelt lament: a party too risk-averse, too self-congratulatory and too disconnected from the material realities of renters, young people, and workers left behind in the post-COVID economy.

Importantly Mr Kelty included the need Break the AUKUS spell

Kelty rightly warns against militarised distraction. But even he understates the danger.
A trillion dollars for submarines and nuclear speculation is not just wasteful – it’s a betrayal of regional peace, democratic accountability and economic prudence.

Join with people across Australia who are calling on the government to review (and we hope cancel) the AUKUS and Force Posture agreements https://ipan.org.au/end-aukus/ https://ipan.org.au/end-the-force-posture-agreement/

Read the full article published in Pearls and Irritations today

https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/05/after-the-victory-keltys-warning-and-why-its-still-not-enough/