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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty

Bob Carr says Aukus a ‘colossal surrender of sovereignty’ if submarines do not arrive under Australian control

Former Australian foreign affairs minister Bob Carr says ‘ evidence is mounting’ that Australia is not going to get Virginia-class nuclear powered submarines from the United States.
A Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine. Former Australian foreign affairs minister Bob Carr says it is clear the US is ‘not a reliable ally’ to Australia. Photograph: US NAVY/AFP/Getty Images

Australia faces a “colossal surrender of sovereignty” if promised US nuclear-powered submarines do not arrive under Australian control, former foreign affairs minister Bob Carr has said, arguing the US is “utterly not a reliable ally” to Australia.

“It’s inevitable we’re not getting them,” Carr told the Guardian, ahead of the release of a report from Australians for War Powers Reform that argues the multibillion-dollar Aukus deal had been imposed upon Australia without sufficient public or parliamentary scrutiny.

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