Ouça sem anúncios

Episode 43

Asia Pacific Defence Reporter

15-04-2024 • 19 min

First we noticed a small piece of good news that a Wollongong-based steel manufacturer has landed a contract with a US submarine builder, but it’s likely to be very small. Which prompts the question: where is the $30 billion going that Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy says will be spent in Australia for AUKUS Pillar 1 – and it doesn’t take much to figure out that at least the first $10 billion is going on digging ditches and filling them with concrete. Not a lot of value adding there. The Defence budget, when used properly, can be a powerful tool for investing directly in the Australian economy. Very few governments understand that – and the current one appears clueless. Next – the looming disaster of the General Purpose Frigate. This is already a mess because not only is the media being kept in the dark but far more seriously the companies themselves have been forbidden from any contact with Australian industry. Let’s have a quick recap of how Australia successfully managed naval shipbuilding in the mid 1990s. Finally – an alternate future: the RAN could have started taking delivery in 2026 of the first of a class of powerful, missile firing corvettes. Instead we get nothing.



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Você pode gostar

A Voz do Brasil
A Voz do Brasil
Rádio Senado
Julgados e Comentados
Julgados e Comentados
Ministério Público do Paraná
STF Oficial
STF Oficial
STF - Supremo Tribunal Federal
Empower 305
Empower 305
City of Miami - Office of Communications
Raging Upstate NY Socdem
Raging Upstate NY Socdem
Michael Williams
Partners in Justice
Partners in Justice
The Center for American and International Law
Regio Waves
Regio Waves
European Commission
2000 Edison Ave Podcast
2000 Edison Ave Podcast
Mayor Michael Parkinson and City Clerk Jenna DeYong
We Are Jobs Podcast
We Are Jobs Podcast
Next Move Group
Growing Strathroy-Caradoc
Growing Strathroy-Caradoc
Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc
Plán pre budúcnosť
Plán pre budúcnosť
Progresívne Slovensko