It is close to laughable to hear Peter Dutton trot out the “Australia is going to stand up for our sovereignty” line when it has already been surrendered – and on a bipartisan basis.
An open letter to the Prime Minister by 41 prominent Australians highlights a 2014 agreement with the United States that cedes control of military operations from our territory and effectively amounts to the loss of sovereign authority over the government’s control of declaration of war.
