Defence Minister Richard Marles downplayed the move, while ex-leader Scott Morrison said Canberra should ‘make the case again’ for the treaty
In an Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio interview, Marles said Aukus was in the strategic interests of all three countries and the new review of the deal signed in 2021 when Joe Biden was the US president was not a surprise.
“I am very confident this is going to happen,” he said of Aukus, which would give Australia nuclear-powered submarines.
“This is a multi-decade plan. There will be governments that come and go and I think whenever we see a new government, a review of this kind is going to be something which will be undertaken,” Marles told the ABC.
