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Australia's nuclear-powered submarine deal is fueling anger in the country
- mmerlin 5y agothe French deal was absolutely crappy to begin. Follow the money. Christopher Pyne brokered this $50Bn deal to get re-elected (some boatbuilding would happen in SA) which blew out to $90Bn and rising. Pyne immediately retired (got his pollie-perks-for-life golden ticket stamped) and then immediately became "employed" as a consult with the people profiting massively from this twisted deal against the public interest. Pyne followed the same slimy playbook as Andrew Robb (4) who sneakily slipped the 99-year Darwin Port dodgy deal across the line, and then he got a free $880k "job" with them the day he left parliament shortly thereafter. Borderline treasonous behavior is rife with our political elite (both sides stink badly) https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2016/04/would-you-employ-chris-pyne-for-24-5bn/ https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2016/04/would-you-employ-ch... https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2019/07/pyne-poisons-ey/ https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2019/07/pyne-poisons-ey/ https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2020/01/audit-office-torpedos-80-billion-submarine-pork/ https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2020/01/audit-office-torped... (4) https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2018/06/chinese-sell-andrew-robb-banks-millions/ https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2018/06/chinese-sell-andrew...
- thuccess129 5y agothe JWST cost blowout rose 20x and the timeline stretched 2x if that is a guide to how these 12 paper submarines will be built fully funded to a tune of $1T
- wmf 5y agoHow much uranium is needed for subs vs power plants? I assume the reactors are much smaller.