French submarines – Why are we paying $5.5 billion for a $400 million contract breach? – Mick Lawless

French submarines – Why are we paying $5.5 billion for a $400 million contract breach? – Mick Lawless

by | April 6, 2022 | Australia's move to the Right, Corruption, Foreign policy, Media, Military, Political issues, Technology

Political/diplomatic issues tend to get a mite convoluted, so let’s keep this simple. Australia had a contract to have some diesel submarines manufactured by France.   If Australia backed out of the contract they had to pay a penalty of between $330,000,000...
The Albanese doctrine: ‘Don’t play politics with security’ – (Labor moves even further Right under “Albo”) – Annotated by Mick Lawless

The Albanese doctrine: ‘Don’t play politics with security’ – (Labor moves even further Right under “Albo”) – Annotated by Mick Lawless

by | March 11, 2022 | Articles by Mick Lawless, Australia's move to the Right, Corruption, Environment, Foreign policy, Media, Military, Political issues

If anyone believed an “Albo” led Labor government would be more social democratic and less neoliberal than their Hawke/Keating/Rudd/Gillard predecessors, this Greg Sheridan article about Murdoch’s new favourite for PM should disabuse of them of such...