Australia would foot the bill for any loss or injury caused by sensitive technology and radioactive materials transferred by the United States and United Kingdom for nuclear submarines, under a revamped version of the AUKUS agreement.
An updated document for the trilateral partnership reveals Australia would indemnify the United States and the United Kingdom against such an outcome.
It also reveals the US or the UK could pull out of the submarine deal with just a year's notice if either nation decides the deal weakens their own nuclear submarine programs.
Details of the "understanding" signed by all three AUKUS partners last week in Washington have now been tabled in federal parliament with the agreement to "remain in force until 31 December 2075".
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the journo is Andrew Greene who has been a defence industry correspondent for around 2 decades.
If this is right, and I haven't read any other report, the Labs have just signed us up top a real mug deal.
the AUKUS deal should never have been ratified by the Labs when it was first put to parliament.
Jackie Lambie is spot on - its a terrible drag on our economy, our sovereignty, our ability to adopt more versatile and effective defence tech. yeh ok she didn't put it that way. but by crikey she gave it to 'em hahhehe
