The recent announcement of a military alliance between Australia, the UK and the US, termed AUKUS, by a politically partisan federal government with a single-seat majority in parliament, portends a vexed future for Australia.
It will place Australia in danger of war and/or nuclear accident, as well as subordinate its vital interests to the US for decades to come.
This state of affairs is epitomised by the likely implications of the triumphant announcement that Australia will build nuclear submarines on a US patent under the direction of British weapons manufacturers.
The alternative of establishing an independent defence apparatus and foreign policy would represent a much better guarantee of Australia’s future.
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