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Truth submerged? AUKUS will cost us $368 billion, so this is no time for secrecy

Truth submerged? AUKUS will cost us $368 billion, so this is no time for secrecy

Secrecy in policy development is rarely justified – and it certainly isn’t for AUKUS, our eye-wateringly expensive defence deal with the US and UK.

saturday 20

WA Today

Carmen Lawrence

Truth submerged? AUKUS will cost us $368 billion, so this is no time for secrecy

Truth submerged? AUKUS will cost us $368 billion, so this is no time for secrecy

Secrecy in policy development is rarely justified – and it certainly isn’t for AUKUS, our eye-wateringly expensive defence deal with the US and UK.

saturday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Carmen Lawrence

Truth submerged? AUKUS will cost us $368 billion, so this is no time for secrecy

Truth submerged? AUKUS will cost us $368 billion, so this is no time for secrecy

Secrecy in policy development is rarely justified – and it certainly isn’t for AUKUS, our eye-wateringly expensive defence deal with the US and UK.

saturday 20

The Age

Carmen Lawrence

Truth submerged? AUKUS will cost us $368 billion, so this is no time for secrecy

Truth submerged? AUKUS will cost us $368 billion, so this is no time for secrecy

Secrecy in policy development is rarely justified – and it certainly isn’t for AUKUS, our eye-wateringly expensive defence deal with the US and UK.

saturday 20

Brisbane Times

Carmen Lawrence

Don’t fall for Roger Cook’s gas scare campaign

The West Australian premier’s suggestion that we are running out of gas is absolute nonsense. The state does not have a supply problem; it has an...

27.05.2026 10

Financial Review

Carmen Lawrence

Every coal and gas approval tarnishes Labor’s climate legacy

Since taking office in 2022, the Albanese government has approved 32 coal, oil and gas developments – six of them since the 2025 election.

17.11.2025 20

WA Today

Carmen Lawrence

Every coal and gas approval tarnishes Labor’s climate legacy

Since taking office in 2022, the Albanese government has approved 32 coal, oil and gas developments – six of them since the 2025 election.

17.11.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Carmen Lawrence

Every coal and gas approval tarnishes Labor’s climate legacy

Since taking office in 2022, the Albanese government has approved 32 coal, oil and gas developments – six of them since the 2025 election.

17.11.2025 20

The Age

Carmen Lawrence

Every coal and gas approval tarnishes Labor’s climate legacy

Since taking office in 2022, the Albanese government has approved 32 coal, oil and gas developments – six of them since the 2025 election.

17.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Carmen Lawrence

WA public has every reason to be sceptical about a bill that concentrates vast power in premier’s hands

The premier has not taken West Australians into his confidence about the projects he wants to prioritise under Labor’s new State Development Bill.

09.11.2025 20

WA Today

Carmen Lawrence

Albanese’s gas project extension is a mistake - but it’s not too late

Labor came to government in 2022 with a climate mandate and voters have once again backed it to protect the environment. But it has failed at the...

30.05.2025 20

WA Today

Carmen Lawrence

Albanese’s gas project extension is a mistake - but it’s not too late

Labor came to government in 2022 with a climate mandate and voters have once again backed it to protect the environment. But it has failed at the...

30.05.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Carmen Lawrence

Albanese’s gas project extension is a mistake - but it’s not too late

Labor came to government in 2022 with a climate mandate and voters have once again backed it to protect the environment. But it has failed at the...

30.05.2025 20

The Age

Carmen Lawrence

Albanese’s gas project extension is a mistake - but it’s not too late

Labor came to government in 2022 with a climate mandate and voters have once again backed it to protect the environment. But it has failed at the...

30.05.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Carmen Lawrence

Albanese’s gas project extension is more than a mistake

Labor came to government in 2022 with a climate mandate and voters have once again backed it to protect the environment. But it has failed at the...

30.05.2025 20

WA Today

Carmen Lawrence

Albanese’s gas project extension is more than a mistake

Labor came to government in 2022 with a climate mandate and voters have once again backed it to protect the environment. But it has failed at the...

30.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Carmen Lawrence

Albanese’s gas project extension is more than a mistake

Labor came to government in 2022 with a climate mandate and voters have once again backed it to protect the environment. But it has failed at the...

30.05.2025 20

The Age

Carmen Lawrence

Albanese’s gas project extension is more than a mistake

Labor came to government in 2022 with a climate mandate and voters have once again backed it to protect the environment. But it has failed at the...

30.05.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Carmen Lawrence