Australia’s minister for weapons corporations Richard Marles thinks it’s a “perfectly natural thing” for the United States to review the AUKUS military pact, but doesn’t believe Australia should, despite growing opposition to Labor’s dangerous embrace of Scott Morrison’s effort to please American hawks.

The Pentagon revealed it would review the AUKUS military pact on June 12, ostensibly to check it “aligns” to US President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda.

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It could form part of Trump and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s campaign to get US allies to boost military spending to 3.5% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), or it could be the White House deciding to go with AUKUS “Plan B”.

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