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

My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Wong. The Albanese government is trying to appease an increasingly belligerent United States, having recently provided an additional $800 million to the US military as part of AUKUS, bringing the total money paid to Donald Trump under AUKUS to $1.6 billion. This is right at the same time as Donald Trump has put AUKUS under a blowtorch, with a review that might see the subs cancelled. What possible justification can the government provide as to why we're giving Donald Trump $1.6 billion for nuclear submarines we may never get, with no strings attached and no clawback?