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#AUKUS

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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2010836/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2010836/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Will US tariffs sink Australia’s Aukus submarine delivery goals? <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/aukus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aukus</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentDonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentDonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SSNAukus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSNAukus</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UsChinaTradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UsChinaTradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VirginiaClassSubmarines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VirginiaClassSubmarines</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>washington</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 22 ⚖️⚔️🇦🇺</p><p>“I’m in jail because I stood up to Government who has lost respect for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>, and the nation of Australia, and sacrifices our nation for their own selfish re-election campaigns”</p><p>“Probably only one thing is guaranteed about this election: that in three years time <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> will be in worse shape that it is now. </p><p>That is because our system promotes ‘window-dressing’: pretending to do good things with expensive <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PR</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> campaigns, while actually doing the opposite. The party which tells the biggest boldest lies, and makes promises that it has no intention of keeping, will win. Australia will lose. A hung parliament is our only hope for progress. </p><p>If you want to understand the concept of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WindowDressing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowDressing</span></a>, all you have to do is consider how <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> came in on a promise of more transparent government, a better deal for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a>. Its hard not to smile in a black-humoured way when those three things are now considered in light of the last three years.” — <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DavidMcBride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidMcBride</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OpEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpEd</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/whistleblowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblowers</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSI</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NACC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NACC</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AUKUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AUKUS</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BenRobertsSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenRobertsSmith</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://michaelwest.com.au/the-system-needs-to-change-war-crimes-whistleblower-david-mcbride/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michaelwest.com.au/the-system-</span><span class="invisible">needs-to-change-war-crimes-whistleblower-david-mcbride/</span></a>&gt;</p>
lucie digitální<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/InternationalRelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalRelations</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AUKUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AUKUS</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusVotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusVotes</span></a><br><a href="https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/17/russia-indonesia-australia-military-base-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">crikey.com.au/2025/04/17/russi</span><span class="invisible">a-indonesia-australia-military-base-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton/</span></a></p>
RaymondPierreL3<p>John Quiggin recently wrote in The Guardian:</p><p>“Breaking with the US will be painful in all sorts of ways. But the break is coming whether we like it or not. Rather than pretending that the return of US democracy is just around the corner, we should welcome the opportunities of becoming a full participant in the most dynamic region in the global economy.”<br>(Source: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/04/breaking-with-the-us-will-be-painful-for-australia-in-many-ways-but-its-inevitable?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/apr/04/breaking-with-the-us-will-be-painful-for-australia-in-many-ways-but-its-inevitable?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a> )<br> <br>In the closing paragraph quoted above <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Quiggin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quiggin</span></a> narrows it down to an opportunity and it surely is. But this is not the first time Australia has had the opportunity to show its mettle and chart a foreign policy course which takes it away from the comforting far-away shores of distant allies. From 1942 onwards, Australia showed the world it was punching above its weight and as the war ended and the retreat of empires from our area of interest occurred with alarming rapidity, it had ample opportunities to strike out on its own. Instead, while still managing to punch above its weight Australia did so from behind the shadow of a new, powerful ally. An opportunity missed. <br> <br>I wager that the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> debacle will also be an opportunity missed. We see the writing on the wall . A reluctance to call out the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> and its disastrous rule by fiat. The persistent bi-partisan support for <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AUKUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AUKUS</span></a>, fear mongering about hungry bears and pandas lurking about and the ever present <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ForeignAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAffairs</span></a> ‘ small target syndrome. All of which (and many more indicators) reflect an electorate-wide view that we’re not up to playing in the yard with the big boys/bullies. I don’t know that Australia ever will, it’s just not in its genes. </p><p>Australians are such self deprecating souls when it comes to what they can achieve all by themselves in the neighbourhood.</p>
The Japan Times<p>U.S. controls on sensitive defense exports, relaxed for AUKUS partner Australia last year, still apply to submarines, creating hurdles to defense industry collaboration on U.S. Virginia-class sub production. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/asia-pacific/aukus-nuclear-sub-us-trade-controls/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">15/asia-pacific/aukus-nuclear-sub-us-trade-controls/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asiapacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asiapacific</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aukus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aukus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/submarines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submarines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a></p>
Leo Gaggl<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@timrichards" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>timrichards</span></a></span> I am hoping that Europe does something from the wake-up call they got. </p><p>If you vote for dangerous idiots - guess what you get.</p><p>Maybe even some Aussies will wake up to what a monumentally stupid idea <a href="https://social.coop/tags/aukus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aukus</span></a> actually is!</p><p>One still lives in hope...</p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1987120/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1987120/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Will Australia Really Get AUKUS Nuclear Attack Submarines? <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/aukus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aukus</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/d%C3%A9fense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>défense</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSN</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/submarines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submarines</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VirginiaClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VirginiaClass</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The sale of nuclear-powered submarines to Australia under the AUKUS treaty faces new doubts as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs take hold. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/10/world/politics/aukus-submarine-sale-scrutiny/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">10/world/politics/aukus-submarine-sale-scrutiny/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/submarines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submarines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aukus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aukus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usmilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usmilitary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a></p>
mel<p><a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/aukus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aukus</span></a> problems persist. bad deal all around. <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/when-it-comes-to-submarines-australia-is-going-to-be-left-high-and-dry/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">warontherocks.com/2025/03/when</span><span class="invisible">-it-comes-to-submarines-australia-is-going-to-be-left-high-and-dry/</span></a></p>
EV not Petrol<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/tariffwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffwar</span></a> how funny we need <a href="https://aus.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> to win. All those stupid <a href="https://aus.social/tags/australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australian</span></a> rah rah <a href="https://aus.social/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> are now seeing:</p><p>1 what will happen to our economy if <a href="https://aus.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> tanks it<br>2 what will happen to our economy if we go with USA to war with <a href="https://aus.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a>. Notice how US dont give 2 f7cks about us.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> we really need to dump <a href="https://aus.social/tags/aukus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aukus</span></a> and throw <a href="https://aus.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> military out of Australia.</p>
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Day eleven cont: 🌊 🐬⚓️

“we’re watching the world being burned down by powerful men – we just didn’t know they would be such #losers”.

There are millions of us across this country right now who do not want #Australia to go down the #USA route. Who want to detach ourselves from Donald Trump 🎃 and to look after us in this country” — #AdamBandt

#AusPol / #Greens / #economics / #Defence / #RAN / #Dolphin / #Submarine / f #AUKUS / #straya / #merica <theguardian.com/australia-news>

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“Now is precisely the wrong time for #Australia to be joined at the hip to #Trump.

Not only are these #AUKUS #submarines never going to arrive – because they’re not building them fast enough, & the #US government has said they don’t consider giving them to Australia as a priority – but …

They’re not about defending our country, they’re about joining Trump in his next attack that he wants to make on someone else.” #USPol #auspol #TheGreens #AdamBandt

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Andrew Jennings

it’s dawning on people that the AUKUS deal is bad for a very simple reason. 5-10 years of current US policies and they will no longer have the capability to produce advanced weapons. Xi has absorbed the Churchill saying that you should never interrupt your enemy when they are in the process of destroying themselves. All he has to do is wait. #auspol #AUKUS

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