Former PM Paul Keating: Defence has overtaken foreign policy

2023-03-15 334

Former Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating has savaged the government's AUKUS submarine deal, describing it as the 'worst deal in all history'. The nuclear-powered submarines are expected to cost up to $368 billion over the next 30 years. Mr Keating says the deal is aimed at containing China, not defending Australia's shores and that tensions with Beijing have been 'manufactured'.

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