Defence has bungled its disastrous $1.9bn munitions contract with Thales. What hope does AUKUS have?

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A billion-dollar munitions contract was awarded to a French state-owned company after a calamitous, one-horse tender process.

The second instalment of an audit report reveals a litany of concerns.


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