They’ve made us a target for China – and we are paying for it too. AUKUS will cost Australia $368 billion with no guarantee we will even get the submarines. The AUKUS Public Inquiry – the one Labor and the Coalition refused to hold – calls it the worst, costliest and riskiest defence decision in Australian history.
Former Labor minister Peter Garrett released the report of a crowdfunded inquiry run by former prime ministers, foreign ministers and defence chiefs, after Labor and the Coalition refused a parliamentary inquiry. Freedom of information requests on where the nuclear waste will be dumped were refused.
Chapters:
00:00 Opening and Midterms
00:47 The AUKUS Tether
01:49 The $368 Billion Deal
03:06 The Gravy Train
04:10 Why a People’s Inquiry
05:17 Independent Heavy Hitters
06:22 Sovereignty and Risk
07:22 Keating and Turnbull
08:23 Who to Believe
09:29 Media Buries It
10:00 FOI Refusals
11:03 Nuclear Waste Secrecy
12:15 Tranter on the Media
13:17 The Next Inquiry
14:20 Thanks and Coverage
15:22 The Revolving Door
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Michael West established Michael West Media in 2016 to focus on journalism of high public interest, particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy. West was formerly a journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers, a columnist for News Corp and even, once, a stockbroker.
