Tough choices loom as AUKUS uncertainty grows

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Pezzullo stepped aside following an exclusive report in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald (both published by Nine Entertainment, which also publishes AFR Weekend) containing hitherto secret messages written by Pezzullo. They were addressed to Liberal power broker Scott Briggs and contained Pezzullo’s preferred result in the August 24, 2018, Liberal Party leadership contest. The story and the outcome of a Public Service Commission inquiry have thickened the Canberra fog with talk of bureaucratic score-settling. At the same time, the Pezzullo affair is clearing the air for a full-throttled debate about Australia’s strategic future. Bob Carr’s warning On the...