"What I have said, and we maintain, is that the relationship with China will remain a difficult one," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said at his swearing in. "It is China that has changed, not Australia."
"Basically we have a five-and-a-half billion dollar budget provision, including about $3 billion spent to date, and potential costs within that envelope. So taxpayers will be up for five-and-a-half billion dollars and submarines that don't exist?" asked Sen. Penny Wong.