A Greens senator who claimed Beijing posed no threat and that Australia was nothing more than an “American aircraft carrier” is completely out of touch with the realities of the Indo-Pacific region, according to one defence expert.
Western Australian Senator Jordan Steele-John’s comments were a continuation of a more assertive left-wing Greens Party that has, in recent months, pushed for increasingly radical social policy in the lead-up to the May 21 election.
