David Shoebridge (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

As a Greens MP and senator, I didn't come into politics to agree with the likes of Bob Carr and Paul Keating. But hard politics can make unlikely allies, and the fact that we agree on the need to end the reckless $368 billion-plus AUKUS submarine deal proves just how broad the feeling is in mainstream Australia against this.

We should be building a safe, peaceful future for Australia and our region, and instead the Albanese Labor government is seeking to permanently handcuff us to the United States military's aggressive war-fighting plans. The Albanese government has now officially adopted a hand-me-down coalition war plan from Morrison and Dutton and jettisoned any pretence of a foreign policy based on peace and diplomacy. That is a national strategic surrender by Labor to the coalition. So is it any wonder they feel uncomfortable when the hard truths are also coming from their side, from the likes of Keating? (Time expired)