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As the US changes AUKUS’ terms, Ben Harvey outlines key reasons the mega-project will blow its budget and reveals the dark motivation of an MP who wants Defence Minister Richard Marles to tear up the contract.

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The US changes the terms of the AUKUS submarine deal, Harvey outlines three reasons the mega-project will blow its budget and reveals the dark motivation of a prominent Labor MP who wants the Defence Minister to tear up the contract.

In tonight’s show, as the US changes the terms of the AUKUS submarine deal, Ben Harvey outlines three reasons the mega-project will blow its budget and reveals the dark motivation of a prominent Labor MP who wants Defence Minister Richard Marles to tear up the contract.

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