Greens and Nationals clash over importance of AUKUS in heated debate
The Greens senator weighed in on the AUKUS deal labelling it as a 'dud deal for Australia'.
'Australian tax payers that are front footing most of the costs upfront, were the ones putting the money on the table, billions of dollars already, now Donald Trump and his administration think that they can get more out of us,' Ms Hanson-Young said.
'This is a shakedown, from a guy who is clearly just out of control… This has got nothing to do with the economics, nothing to do with what's in the interest of American people, this is all about Donald Trump trying to make political friends and make political statements for his corrupt mates.'
The deputy Nationals leader fired back at her comments, saying 'some of the things Sarah said there are quite important and quite dangerous, to say Trump is out of control and to say all of these anti-American things'.
'America and the longstanding alliance we have with them is very important,' he added.
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