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Former foreign Affairs Minister Gareth Evans damning assessment of the AUKUS deal and the lack of proper process that tied Australia's immediate and long term strategic and security interests to it - not to mention billions of taxpayers' dollars.
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Gareth Evans: AUKUS is terrible for Australian national interests – but we’re probably stuck with it
Australia’s no-holds-barred embrace of AUKUS is more likely than not to prove one of the worst defence and foreign policy decisions our country has made.
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