The danger of AUKUS

June 22, 2026

Could we have a joint response to Joe Camilleri’s piece from Government and Opposition since they jointly agreed to AUKUS in the first place?

I want to know why they see benefits where I can’t; why they can’t see China’s military build-up is a response to the Australian-supported very explicit US threats to that country; why Australia continues to hand over billions for submarines it is generally agreed will never arrive, never mind their suitability if by some miracle they appear; why, why we have agreed to take US nuclear waste; and so much more.

Whenever I see Richard Marles or hear his name in the media, the image of a “modern major-general” appears in my mind – dressed-up, playing at grown-up, wanting to be taken seriously while being patted on the head. Whenever he goes to Washington I fear what Marles will agree to for the pleasure of licking the boots of increasingly insane leaders of the increasingly failing state that is the USA.

AUKUS is a tragedy. It is also an agreement that places Australia in danger with every US military enterprise on Australian soil and with every military decision made for us by the US.