Antinuclear

Submission- Tom Warwick -re new agreement on  Naval Nuclear Propulsion- not in the public interest, designed to provoke China

Submission no 11  https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Treaties/NuclearPropulsion/Submissions

Dear senate committee, I am a member of the Australian public, and a voter in the electorate of
Durack. I represent myself and the ordinary people of Australia.

The AUKUS deal is not in the interest of the Australian people.

The opportunities forgone by spending an exorbitant $368B on nuclear submarines is enormous, we
have great need in this country for public spending on social programmes, social and commercial
infrastructure.

Not only does the AUKUS spending not produce social good it is harmful and causes risks to
Australian society.
The other partners in the deal take no risk and Australia agrees to accept all the risks and nuclear
waste. The government who agreed to this deal is not acting in the interest of the people and is
either naive or traitorous. If naïve the government should be removed, if traitorous the government
must be prosecuted and severely punished.

The submarines are not defensive in nature, the reason why nuclear has been chosen is that they
can operate far off shore and not in Australian territorial waters to provoke and possibly attack an
adversary far away, and though it has not been explicitly stated China is the object of this
antagonism, our largest trading partner and the nation upon who most of our prosperity depends.

China does not want war with Australia, China has not fired a shot in 40 years, China is trying to
prove that their model of prosperity without war is superior and they are successful in doing so.

 AUKUS is not in the public interest
 AUKUS has never been demanded by the Australian people
 AUKUS places an excessive financial burden in the public purse, funds that could be much
better spent on public infrastructure.
 There are no guarantees that Australia will receive anything from AUKUS except public debt,
nuclear waste from Britain and USA and risk.
 AUKUS is provocative to our most valuable trading partner

Please cancel AUKUS now.

September 8, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics