The United States competing with China in the Indo-Pacific region has “consequences” for Australia, according to Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie.
“In the Defence Strategic Review, it makes that very clear that the government is choosing to deepen its relationship with the United States through AUKUS, but more broadly as well,” he told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
“Of course, the Opposition supports this given that we have a long-standing partnership with the United States.”
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