It notes the criticism of AUKUS that has been levelled by Labor elders Paul Keating and Gareth Evans, as well as former MPs Kim Carr and Melissa Parke.

It claims AUKUS “infringes on Australia’s independent and free” defence and foreign policy, questions the government’s claims about the thousands of jobs that will be created, expresses alarm at “the staggering cost”, says the money would be better spent on manufacturing, clean energy and research and development, and shares the ACTU’s view that Australia should have a nuclear-free defence policy.…

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