Contentious Submarines up for Debate at Labor Meeting

'Jobs not war': Labor rank and file rail against subs

News of billions of dollars to help build submarines has angered Labor members who have pushed back against...

Billions of dollars are failing to lift production of AUKUS submarines

Austin Dahmer, a senior policy official at the Defence Department, told a hearing on Capitol Hill  that while undersea forces were the decisive instrument in denying Chinese domination of the Pacific, they were also the forces the US was the least able to produce.

Contentious submarines up for debate at Labor meeting

Labor’s party faithful will “definitely” have the opportunity to debate Australia’s nuclear submarine deal, as billions of dollars in extra funding is committed for the construction of the boats. Day two of the triennial policy forum will focus on aged care, the NDIS and health care issues. Policies focusing on women and Indigenous Australians, along with employment and workplace relations, will also feature prominently. But contentious issues a…