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Episode: Why the AUKUS submarines will never arrive
Description: The single biggest defence spend in Australian history was announced this week, with the government committing up to $368 billion over the next 30 years to acquire nuclear submarines.Former prime minister Paul Keating has called it “the worst decision by a Labor government in a century”.And big questions remain about whether these subs will ever be delivered at all. So, what could a misstep in the rollout mean for our security as tensions rise between China and the United States?Today, emeritus professor of strategic studies at ANU, Hugh White, on why the AUKU...