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Australia will continue to rely on US and commercial satellite networks.
The total price tag is still unknown but the government says the Western Australian facility will create 10,000 jobs.
Beijing’s release of a video showing a confrontation between one of its jets and Australian plane has raised the ire of the Liberals.
Defence Minister Richard Marles called it a “national shame.”
‘What we continue to see from the prime minister and his Labor government is a lack of leadership and a lack of action,’ said Liberal MP Andrew Hastie.
