‘Bipartisanship': Albanese government has ‘blinkers on' in hope to get defence from US
Independent Senator David Pocock slams Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles for 'pushing forward' on the 'hope' Australia will get US submarines, following the Pentagon's review of AUKUS.
Mr Pocock claimed the Albanese government has a 'bipartisan' view on this defence matter with the US.
'I think we should take this as an opportunity to actually do a review ourselves, I think that is long overdue,' Mr Pocock told Sky News Australia.
'I don't think that major parties have really made the case to the Australian people that we are guaranteed to receive this capability with the amount of money that we are already shovelling out.'
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