Peter Dutton submarines

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Anger at Peter Dutton's disclosure of AUKUS submarine ... (ABC News)

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's decision to divulge sensitive discussions with the United States on acquiring nuclear-powered submarines has sparked ...

And as I say, that is not in our national interest." All options remain on the table. "I'm sure that the UK wouldn't be happy to learn from a newspaper article that, potentially, their submarine is not an option and I'm sure there's plenty of people in the US Congress, the Pentagon and other parts of the US who were very interested to read these possible developments," Dr Dean said.

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Nuclear-powered submarines: Richard Marles says Peter Dutton ... (The Australian Financial Review)

US shipyards are at capacity, undercutting former defence minister Peter Dutton's belief the US could fast-track two nuclear-powered boats for Australia.

The report makes no mention of what impact a potential order from Australia for two boats would have on the US production run. After building the first two overseas, Mr Dutton claimed eight more submarines would then be built in Adelaide, for a fleet size of 10. “This outburst today, from someone so recently in the chair, is damaging to Australia’s national interest. All options remain on the table.” “The concept of not constructing the submarines in Australia breaks a social licence that the previous government and the then opposition, which is now the government, had where they said they would build submarines in Adelaide,” he said. American shipyards are already at capacity and struggling to produce enough submarines for the US Navy, according to analysts, undercutting former defence minister Peter Dutton’s belief the US was prepared to fast-track the delivery of two nuclear-powered boats for Australia.

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Peter Dutton opens door to transparent defence debate, proving ... (Crikey)

Bravo to Dutton for talking submarine secrets. He may be a hypocrite, but maybe we need more openness about hundred-billion-dollar decisions?

We now look forward to Dutton calling for Collaery’s prosecution to be no-billed, Julian Assange to be returned home and an end to the prosecution of David McBride. In his own way, Dutton has struck a blow for proper public debate before we commit more money to what appears to be a bottomless ocean trench of naval procurement. Recall that in 2016 Tony Abbott had to furiously deny he’d handed a secret draft white paper on the submarines to Greg Sheridan after he was dumped as PM — a paper purporting to show the Naval Group contract subs had been delayed.

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Peter Dutton's claim he planned to buy US nuclear subs is 'political ... (The Guardian)

Liberal leader is in damage control after his comments raised eyebrows, one analyst saying 'there's no way this is a plan'

“We have, of course, had a longstanding relationship, friendship, partnership, and we’re allies. They are not a point of tension at all.” Marles was in Singapore for the Shangri-La Dialogue with regional counterparts from 30 nations. “If Labor is going to butcher that and they don’t have the money to pay for it they should be upfront and say it. “It would be a disaster for our country,” Dutton told Channel Nine’s Today. “We worked day and night to get that plan in place, and what I’ve said is, only what’s available publicly, and in addition to that, what my thoughts would be on the way forward.” On Thursday Dutton, the former defence minister, revealed a plan he devised before the election to buy two Virginia-class submarines by 2030, claiming he had “formed a judgment the Americans would have facilitated exactly that”.

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Australia planned to buy US nuclear submarines, Peter Dutton says (SBS)

The Opposition leader and former defence minister said on Thursday he had planned to buy two Virginia-class submarines from the United States by 2030 and ...

"Clearly these were confidential discussions that he had with the Americans which he was not prepared to disclose while he was in office, and yet he did so afterwards," said Sam Roggeveen, director of the Lowy Institute's international security programme. Mr Dutton said he feared the new government was "on the cusp of making a very dangerous decision" such as building a new class of diesel-electric submarines. To avoid a gap in replacing Australia's ageing fleet of six Collins-class submarines, Mr Dutton said he had planned to directly buy two of the US submarines "this decade".

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Dutton, Labor duel over submarines plan (Illawarra Mercury)

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has been accused of jeopardising national security by revealing information about a secret plan to acquire nuclear submarines ...

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Dutton, Labor duel over submarines plan (The North West Star)

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has been accused of jeopardising national security by revealing information about a secret plan to acquire nuclear submarines ...

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Dutton, Labor duel over submarines plan (Goulburn Post)

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has been accused of jeopardising national security by revealing information about a secret plan...

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'The comments are loose': Marles slams Dutton's nuclear sub plans (Sky News Australia)

Defence Minister Richard Marles has accused Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of trying to undermine the trilateral AUKUS security agreement after he revealed ...

All options remain on the table." I had formed a judgment the Americans would have facilitated exactly that," he said. Stream more on politics with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place.

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'This is rank politics': Richard Marles criticises Peter Dutton for ... (SBS)

Peter Dutton has questioned Labor's commitment to the new submarine deal and the AUKUS trilateral security pact, attracting pushback from the government.

"And I also find it disturbing that along the way no one's been held accountable for the delay that we have in terms of (navy) capability, from a national security perspective, or for the taxpayers' money that has been spent." "The prime minister was straight across to the Quad meeting (in Japan after the election) and the relationship with our key ally in the United States was affirmed immediately." "Richard Marles' opening comments as defence minister said loud and clear that Labor is thinking about ditching the nuclear submarine plan and it would be a disaster for our country," he told the Nine Network on Friday. "If Labor is going to butcher that, and they don't have the money to pay for it, they should be upfront and say it." Defence Minister Richard Marles criticised Mr Dutton for his "loose" comments, which he said undermined the agreement between the US, United Kingdom and Australia. "I really worry that Labor is now walking away from AUKUS, from the submarine deal, and that is clearly not in our national interest," he told Sydney radio 2GB on Thursday.

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