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Opinion

Australia owes France nothing

Canceled submarines were no longer fit for purpose

| Australia
Scott Morrison looks at a model of submarine after signing a Strategic Partnership Agreement with France in Canberra in February 2019: France's submarines were no longer fit for the purpose of defending Australia.   © Getty Images

Ian Lloyd Neubauer is an Australian freelance journalist.

Treason. Duplicity. A stab in the back. A breach of trust.

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