@moondoong; $358 Billion of taxpayers' money is anything but 'chicken feed' - it's roughly one third of Australia's current GDP!
Nor can we assume that the windfall gains from the greatest mining boom in History will continue for the next forty years to help pay what AUKUS will cost us.
Best to cut-n-run, kiss and make-up with the Chinese and leave the USA and the UK to bankroll their own warmongering.
