Well chalk up another monumental policy failure by the rapidly decomposing Morrison government. This time the hollow man has managed to insult one of Australia’s longest serving allies, with his jingoistic nonsense. The brutal diplomatic snub with the sudden dumping of the submarine contract with France is wasteful, contemptible arrogance.
When the contract was first signed in 2016 by the Turnbull government there was always going to be a problem converting the French nuclear designed propulsion to diesel-electric, and the fact that nuclear propulsion is far superior was as obvious then as it is now.
The wasteful incompetent bungling of this coalition government is mind-blowing. Eight lost years of dithering; $2.5 billion lost, plus whatever the French will now sue us for, for breach of contract; and still no replacement subs until 2040, and only then if we get real lucky. China must be laughing at us.
The bizarre thing is that even with all the previous appalling corruption riddled monetary decisions including the $13 billion failure to properly monitor JobKeeper, the coalition still has the audacity to claim they are the better economic managers and that Labor is the party for wasting taxpayer dollars. Seriously, it’s little wonder that this corrupt government is fighting so hard to oppose a federal ICAC.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
