'Worst, riskiest and most costly': Independent inquiry urges Australian government to terminate AUKUS pact
2026-11-05 11:00:14 source：CGTN
November 5, 2026
An independent inquiry has called for the Australian government to immediately terminate the AUKUS submarine treaty with the United Kingdom and the United States, describing the pact as the riskiest defense decision in national history.
"We concluded that AUKUS is the worst, riskiest and most costly defense decision ever made by an Australian government," said the report. "AUKUS should be scrapped."
Former government minister Peter Garrett and former Australian Defense Force chief Chris Barrie, two of the five commissioners conducting the public inquiry into AUKUS, presented the final report, titled Surrendering Australia: the AUKUS Deception at the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on Wednesday.
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