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Nevertheless, some individuals, including members of the Labor party, suggest that Australia should embark on its own review or reconsider continuing with the deal. Meanwhile, the UK, another essential part of the agreement, has completed a review of its participation and affirmed its support.
“Any threat to this significant and impactful alliance between our nations should be seriously worrying to us all,” McKenzie mentioned on Nine’s Today show.
Scott Morrison weighs in
“This is a known and genuine challenge for the US industrial base,” he said.
Former prime minister Scott Morrison (left) with Angus Talyor in 2021. Morrison has played down concerns over the US’s AUKUS review. Source: AAP
Morrison said: “Now is the time for Australia to make the case again. We have a good case to make in both our own interests and those of our AUKUS partners, especially in the US.”
Renewed criticism of AUKUS deal
“The initiation of the Pentagon’s review should prompt the government to actively create a relevant and uniquely Australian strategy for national security, as opposed to merely following a declining Atlantic power,” Keating stated.
Defence Minister Richard Marles said it was “not a surprise” the US was planning a review into AUKUS. Source: AAP / James Ross
Former NSW Labor premier Bob Carr, who also served as foreign minister under the Gillard and Rudd governments, said: “the best course” of action was for the US and Australia to terminate the AUKUS agreement.
“We need an independent defence and foreign policy, that does not require us to bend our will and shovel wealth to an increasingly erratic and reckless Trump USA,” he said.
US Democrats raise concerns
“To walk away from all the sunk costs invested by our two closest allies — Australia and the United Kingdom — will have far-reaching ramifications on our trustworthiness on the global stage,” he said.
US Democrat senator Jeanne Shaheen said the US’ reputation would be tarnished if AUKUS was scrapped. Source: Getty / Bloomberg/Pete Kiehart
US senator Jeanne Shaheen, who sits on the Senate foreign relations committee, said news of the review would be “met with cheers in Beijing”, which she said is “celebrating America’s global pullback and … strained ties with allies”.
