CANBERRA (London Post with AAP)By Dr. Majid Khan-The Australian trade union movement has criticized plans to acquire nuclear submarines under the AUKUS partnership and expressed support for a “non-nuclear defence policy”.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese earlier this month revealed his $368 billion path Australia will take to bring boats under security pacts with the United States and Britain.
ACTU president Michele O’Neil said the union has asked the government for more information. This allows us to discuss what this means for workers in the communities involved.
“ACTU has long had a policy against nuclear power, nuclear waste and nuclear proliferation,” he told Canberra’s National Press Club on Tuesday. “We also have a long-standing political position in favor of a non-nuclear defense policy.” I am planning to tour.
Ms O’Neill said there was no opportunity to discuss the acquisition of nuclear submarines due to lack of information. “There are security issues,” she said. “These are questions that need to be resolved and the answers to which are not yet clear.
Criticism of the trade union movement is based on sharp statements by former Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating and a combination of some of the government’s Opposition defense spokesman Andrew Hastie called the ACTU’s comments “disappointing and discouraging” and described the “old-fashioned stance of the last century” on nuclear power. ‘ was asked to stop.
“Dividing the Labor Party and its industrial sector into nuclear submarines sends a confusing signal to the Australian public,” he said. “We urge the Albanian government to take the lead in uniting the wing of the union in the interests of the country. We opposition parties are doing their part.”
