This is Serious, Mum
The announcement by the Federal Government that they will be scrapping the previous agreement with the French (that is a decade behind schedule mind you) to the new nuclear-powered (and capable?) submarine fleet seems innocuous enough, but it’s all linked.
The US, UK and Australia (now a new acronym of AUKUS) are formalising a strategic security pact for the Indo Pacific region to cooperate in the development of a host of new tech defence systems including AI, hypersonic missiles and cyber weapons.