Sipping_Gin | 1 points | May 22 2022 00:00:09

Is this an opportunity to reset the relationship with China?

The final question to Richard Marles is about how a Labor government views the relationship with China given the ongoing tensions.

He's been asked if this is a chance to "reset or repair" relations with China.

"I think it's really important that we are getting our questions right around our regional relationships in the pacific as I have said around the hard power equation, meaning our procurements and particularly in terms of submarines, it's fundamentally important to building Australia's strategic space. China is going to be a challenge, it's a point that Anthony has made and a point he's made," Marles said.

"I think China remains a significant challenge. And we will seek to engage in the world and in a professional and a thoughtful way, we're obviously believers in diplomacy. But China under President Xi has sought to shape the world around it in a way we have never seen before and it does present challenges for the nation. And we need to make sure that we meet those challenges and we do that by making sure that we are getting our relationships right in the region, that we pay the Pacific the attention that it deserves which this government - this Coalition government plainly failed to do. And that we get the heart-power equation right.

"The failure in respect of the management of submarines is just about the bigest procurement failure in defence that we have seen in our country's history. It has left us dangerously exposed in terms of the capability gap for the next generation of submarine and all of that must be address."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-22/federal-election-live-blog-labor-government-liberal-party/101088846#live-blog-post-1211520317

大意：应付中国将是一个挑战。要提高在亚太地区的硬实力和战略空间。习正在用一种新模式来改变世界，而澳洲要做出相对的应变。

然后指出上任政府将所罗门群岛和法国潜艇两件事严重搞砸了直接导致目前澳洲在这些问题上很被动。