‘Not the deal promised’: Labor’s Ed Husic questions Aukus pact that will deliver secondhand subs

Husic said there was disquiet about Aukus within the wider party rank and file. He suggested Marles had been forced by the US to say he was happy about the new arrangements after weekend talks with his counterpart, Pete Hegseth, in Singapore.

“There’s an issue about [the] reality … confronting us, about whether or not we will even get the new deal that has been put to us based on what’s happening in the US,” Husic said.