John Menadue is as forthright and as obtusely versed as any right wingtipper on SAD, merely the polar opposite.
if Aus is to maintain our sovereignty we need allies and in a conflict situation there needs to be a single managing authority, whether this be a committee of representatives of all nations in an alliance, my preferred means of arrangement and respectful of the sovereignty of all allied nations, or a single General.
this doesn't imply that Aus cedes sovereignty to the US.