Relieved to know you (and correspondents) are not perfect. This interview (in particular the header) more than borders on dog whistling. A thousand things this arm chair critic could say, but on a non-confontational note: Simply compare the funding cost to our Commonwealth, of purchasing nuclear subs (AUKUS) with the funding cost of stockpiling fuel etc (ie what these sealanes supposedly deliver over say six months of wartime) in say Parkes, Alice Springs and Kalgoolie).
With of course the latter option, not directly offending our largest export customer, or having same customer's warships, trolling our continental shelf.
Chris
Relieved to know you (and correspondents) are not perfect. This interview (in particular the header) more than borders on dog whistling. A thousand things this arm chair critic could say, but on a non-confontational note: Simply compare the funding cost to our Commonwealth, of purchasing nuclear subs (AUKUS) with the funding cost of stockpiling fuel etc (ie what these sealanes supposedly deliver over say six months of wartime) in say Parkes, Alice Springs and Kalgoolie).
With of course the latter option, not directly offending our largest export customer, or having same customer's warships, trolling our continental shelf.
Cheers
Ps, my apologies, after reading the header, scanned print, my sincere apologies, if the audio conversation is more nuanced.