Exclusive: The former Labor cabinet minister and Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett has delivered a scathing critique of Australia’s decision to acquire nuclear-powered submarines
Midnight Oil frontman and former Labor cabinet minister Peter Garrett has slammed Australia’s decision to acquire Virginia-class nuclear submarines, describing it as a major departure from half a century of foreign policy leadership from the ALP.
on his former colleagues Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles.by agreeing to acquire eight nuclear-powered submarines with the help of the United States and United Kingdom. “At the very least, ratifying an undertaking of this magnitude should have been subject to thorough scrutiny and debate through all levels of the Australian Labor Party, and in the public realm,” he said.
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