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The new Minister for Defence (and Deputy Chairman of Australia) Richard Marles MP, is a deft hand at visiting and negotiating with the parent committee in the CCCP, so we should get a good deal on the Chinese subs. He was an odd pick for Minister of Defence.
That is inconsistent with the AFR views from wiki
"The 12 Labor figures who will do the heavy lifting in government".
The Australian Financial Review. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2019. Marles is very pro-US and a touch hawkish on China