As a neutral country we dont need Nuke Subs whose only advantages are first & second strike Nuke platforms . And of course the Government's claims that the AUKUS subs wont be Nuke armed is all "bulloney", IMO
$400 Billion invested now in downstream manufacturing is a much better and economically sustainable option, IMO. (Opps I forgot...the Yanks wont let us have SOEs !!)
We had to divest/agree to divest of our SOEs as a condition of Keating floating the AUD . Has that commitment reached its use by date given the wedge that we have sleepwalked into since the GFC?