The Japanese would be viable vendors, were it not for the WW2 connotations of Japanese submarines being politically unpalatable to the kinds of hypernationalists who care about these things.

Apparently Germany and Sweden also build decent submarines.

By electing a Dutton-led right-wing government to better keep pace, right?

+1 for the Gurge, Single Gun Theory and Deadstar.

I’d have probably added some Paradise Motel to that list; perhaps Bad Light or German Girl.

Whitlam did a lot, but only Holt made a pact with Poseidon.

How much would it cost the Tenants’ Union to have someone tracking properties on the market and flagging any whose tenants have been evicted over the past year on grounds of moving back in, with a view to suing on behalf of the evicted tenants?

Though put the Greens ahead of Labor. Labor losing seats to the Greens, and having to depend on the Greens to govern, is a realistic possibility, and Greens MPs holding their feet to the fire could provide a counterbalance to the revolving door to corporate Australia.