Heckling, outrage and claims of ‘appeasement’ as stage-managed debate at ALP event gives way to genuine disagreement
The Electrical Trades Union’s national secretary, Michael Wright, used his right of reply to reject the ad hominem appeasement response, and noted there was “deafening silence” from supporters “about what we’re doing with this waste for the next 100,000 years”.
Then came the big moment: Albanese, who was not scheduled to speak but had tipped his hand on Thursday that he would participate, was given Marles’s right of reply to make the case for Aukus. “We have to analyse the world as it is rather than as we would want it to be. We have to bring our defence capabilities up to speed and Aukus is central to that.”
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