Originally Posted by
rattman
I went back through my history I cant find were I read it, I was pretty sure it was federal parlament site but I cant find it. So guessing I was wrong, maybe they did only get a day warning
My recall of articles soon after the AUKUS announcement was that Biden needed to be assured of concrete bipartisan support for the concept within the Australian political parties and thus Albanese & a few select shadow ministers were secretly briefed by Morrison (and his team) and asked for a firm commitment before the US would agree.
This
article confirms that it was one of four requirements that the US insisted on.
“Third was Australia’s capability. Would the Australian political system be capable of bipartisan commitment for the decades required? Is Australian politics stable enough? Could Australia afford the price tag?”