Labor and the Coalition have paid tribute to Scott Morrison ahead of a major announcement on Australia’s nuclear submarine procurement.
Mr Morrison has been much maligned in parliament since losing the 2022 Federal Election and stepping aside as Liberal Party leader but the former prime minister was met with less frosty remarks during Question Time on Thursday.
“Very shortly the government will be announcing with the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom the optimal pathway by which Australia will acquire a nuclear-powered submarine capability,” Mr Marles said in Question Time on Thursday. The Opposition Leader said the AUKUS alliance through the first approach to the UK was Mr Morrison’s “vision”.
“And I pay tribute to him, the work that the National Security Committee did through endless hours of discussion and the work of the Foreign Minister, the Ven Foreign Minister Marise Payne and others sitting around the table.” The trio are expected to reveal the outcome of 18 months of planning and deliberation in relation to Australia’s procurement of nuclear submarines.
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