Plan to build Aukus submarines in Adelaide is ‘a fairytale’ and ‘pork barrelling’, Alexander Downer says
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from on (#6FZ5B)
Former foreign minister says building nuclear submarines at South Australian shipyard will drain the national economy'
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The $368bn Aukus plan to build nuclear submarines in Adelaide has been labelled a fairytale" and pork barrelling" by Alexander Downer, Australia's longest serving foreign minister.
Downer said on Monday that the central plank of Aukus would drain the national economy", joining a number of elder statespersons with concerns about the feasibility or desirability of building nuclear submarines.
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