Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie says the Opposition has “great concerns” about the budget and how the AUKUS submarines will be paid for.
“It’s a massive undertaking between $268 and $368 billion over the life of the project, but we want to see more detail about how we don’t go beyond 2.
2 per cent of GDP,” Mr Hastie told Sky News Australia.Mr Hastie said the Opposition is also concerned about the sequencing – the Liberals want to know what is going to happen with the lifetime extension for the Collins-class submarines.
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