The Opposition Leader Peter Dutton “needs to explain” why the department he once administered entered into contracts with a man under investigation by federal police for bribery, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.
Source: Dutton asked to ‘please explain’ over immigration contract
“The deceit was intentional,” Thebault told media in Canberra on Wednesday. “And because there was far more at stake than providing submarines, because it was a common agreement on sovereignty, sealed with the transmission of highly classified data, the way it was handled was a stab in the back.”
Source: French ambassador accuses Australia of deceit over submarine deal | Reuters
If there were a Federal ICAC would this be deserving of an Investigation?
Australia cautioned the French contractor – hours before the $90bn submarine deal was cancelled – that its achievement of a key contractual milestone did “not provide any authorisation to continue work”. The letter, sent to Naval Group on 15 September, is at the heart of an extraordinary diplomatic rift between France and Australia, with the French foreign minister telling a parliamentary hearing this week that “someone lied”.
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