A year ago, MWM wrote about the real possibility nuclear weapons would be carried onboard US submarines to be based at HMAS Stirling. What’s the scam?
The scam is while US Congressman Michael McCaul, former chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, reckons it’s a good idea, our own government has been completely silent on the issue. It’s just too explosive a topic to touch.
Indeed, when it comes to any details about AUKUS, Defence Minister Richard Marles has been filling the information void by shouting, “The Government’s being transparent, the Government’s being transparent, the Government’s being transparent …”
As MWM readers well know, transparency is an action, not a virtue shouted from the steps of Parliament.
Rex Patrick is a former Senator for South Australia and, earlier, a submariner in the armed forces. Best known as an anti-corruption and transparency crusader, Rex is also known as the "Transparency Warrior."