Albanese says Morrison broke faith with US by delaying Labor’s Aukus briefing
by Lisa Cox from World news | The Guardian on (#5Z7KS)
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Anthony Albanese says the prime minister, Scott Morrison, broke faith and trust" with the US by waiting four-and-a-half months to brief Labor on the Aukus deal, a claim the Coalition has criticised as misleading" and reckless".
Albanese was responding to a report in Nine newspapers that the Biden administration would only consider the project if it had bipartisan support.
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