02/06/2026
Yep a political post - thank you Peter Garrett!!
We all need to support the exposure of the punch to the guts AUKUS is to all of us!
"I will be serving as a Commissioner on the inquiry, along with Chief Commissioner and former federal Labor minister Peter Garrett, former Western Australia Premier Carmen Lawrence, former Chief of the Defence Force, Admiral Chris Barrie, and Yankunytjatjara elder Karina Lester" writes Leanne Minshull, co-CEO of the Australia Institute and an AUKUS Public Inquiry Commissioner.
"AUKUS has been billed as the most significant defence agreement in generations. While Australians face cost of living pressures, AUKUS demands hundreds of billions of dollars in expenditure. While Washington undermines the rules-based international order it once helped construct, AUKUS binds us further to the U.S."
"The public inquiry will mirror the processes of a parliamentary one; Commissioners will take evidence, hold public hearings, and report transparently to Parliament."
Read the full piece on The Point: https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260602-the-case-for-examining-aukus