澳大利亚绿党新任领袖大卫·肖布里奇（David Shoebridge）警告称，美国“想要在澳大利亚打下一场战争”，并称这一联盟是“对澳大利亚利益的严重背叛”。肖布里奇参议员在上周举行的一次临时领导权竞选中赢得了该党最高职位，此前前任领袖拉里萨·沃特斯（Larissa Waters）因健康问题辞职。他与竞选搭档、上议院同事斯蒂芬·霍金斯-梅（Steph Hodgins-May）共同胜出。
The US “wants to fight their next war from Australia”, new Greens leader David Shoebridge has warned, in remarks branding the alliance a “deep betrayal of Australia’s interests”.
两人宣称，只有绿党才能“阻止单一民族党”，并誓言要“取代工党”，因为工党正向右翼倾斜。在接受NewsWire独家采访时，肖布里奇参议员表示，澳大利亚与美国的联盟正使其成为该地区未来任何冲突的目标。他说：“澳大利亚处于地球上地缘政治最安全的地区之一。我们的一侧是太平洋，另一侧是印度洋，这里有巨大的岛屿群，我们与任何其他重要陆地之间都有数千公里的距离。而我们唯一的安全威胁来自于在本国境内驻扎超级大国的基地，这使我们成为了冲突中的目标。”
Senator Shoebridge claimed his party’s top job last week in a snap leadership contest held after former leader Larissa Waters stepped down due to health issues.
虽然澳大利亚没有永久性的美军基地，但准入安排允许美军在澳大利亚部署部队和资产，例如驻扎在达尔文的2000名海军陆战队员。澳大利亚和美国还在全澳境内共同运营着十多个国防设施。肖布里奇参议员说：“美国已经认定，其在西太平洋现有基地无法实现其想要进行的下一场战争——即针对中国的战争。他们很清楚这一点，因此决定将这场战争的前线带到澳大利亚。这就是他们在这里部署具备核能力的B-52轰炸机的原因。这就是他们让我们的政府不惜巨资在珀斯附近为他们建造核潜艇基地的原因。这就是他们加大对松树谷（Pine Gap）投入的原因。这就是他们用弹药库覆盖全国的原因。”
这就是他们试图让我们的军队与他们实现互操作性的原因。“因为美国想在澳大利亚打下一场战争。”在谈到美国在中东的盟友时，他表示，在与伊朗及其代理人冲突不断升级的情况下，美军基地只会让这些国家陷入危险。“他们现在正成为目标，”舒布里奇参议员说。“我可以理解美国为什么想这样做——这很可能符合他们的利益。”
“但我无论如何也无法理解，为什么工党、联盟党和一国党都想这样做。”“这是对澳大利亚利益的深刻背叛。这是极其深刻的背叛。”
He won alongside running mate and upper house colleague Steph Hodgins-May, with the pair declaring that only the Greens can “stop One Nation” while vowing to “replace Labor” because of its rightward drift.
阿尔巴尼斯政府已承诺投入近1200亿澳元，用于增加澳大利亚的先进导弹储备，为海军配备最先进的护卫舰，并建设支持更大规模军队的基础设施。
此次扩军的背景是中国对澳大利亚及其亚洲邻国（尤其是菲律宾）的军事侵略日益加剧。去年，中国军舰环绕澳大利亚航行，并在东海岸进行了实弹演习。
事后，国防部长理查德·马尔斯在评论时并未明确证实该舰队是否以澳大利亚城市为目标。他拒绝证实，因为这会泄露“我们的监视能力”。
In an exclusive interview with NewsWire, Senator Shoebridge said Australia’s alliance with the US is making it a target in any future conflict in the region.
“所以我们确实清楚他们在做什么，也清楚他们在演练什么，”他当时说道。
堪培拉还指责中国存在“不安全”行为，包括在国际空域向澳大利亚监视飞机附近投放照明弹。
当被问及澳大利亚在美中可能因台湾问题爆发冲突中应扮演的角色时，舒布里奇参议员表示，澳大利亚“应该从自身实质利益出发采取行动”。他驳斥了美国会因“相信台湾民主”而援助台湾的说法。
“Australia is in one of the most geopolitically safe parts of the planet,” he said.
“美国是在为自己的实质利益行事，澳大利亚也应该为自己的实质利益行事，”舒布里奇参议员说。
对于台湾人民来说，一场会摧毁台湾的灾难性战争显然不符合他们的利益。澳大利亚应该尽一切可能缓和地区紧张局势，并根据自身的国家利益来处理相关事务，而不是盲目追随华盛顿的立场。
“We have the Pacific Ocean on one side, the Indian Ocean on the other, this massive island archipelago, and thousands of kilometres between us and any other significant landmass. “And our only security threat comes from hosting a superpower’s bases here that make us a target in a conflict.” While there are no permanent US bases in Australia, access arrangements let the US military deploy troops and assets to Australia, such as the 2000 marines based in Darwin. Australia and the US also jointly operate more than a dozen defence facilities across the continent. “The United States has decided that its ability to fight the next war it wants to have — in this case, a war against China — is unachievable from its current bases in the western Pacific,” Senator Shoebridge said. “They know that, and so they have decided to bring the front line of that war to Australia. “That’s why they’ve located nuclear-capable B-52 bombers here. “That’s why they’ve got our government to build them, at incredible expense, a nuclear submarine base off Perth. “That’s why they’re doubling down on Pine Gap. That’s why they’re covering the country with munition dumps. That’s why they’re trying to make our military interoperable with them. “Because the United States wants to fight its next war from Australia.” Pointing to American allies in the Middle East, he said US bases have only endangered them amid the spiralling conflict with Iran and its proxies. “They are becoming targets now,” Senator Shoebridge said. “I can understand why the United States might want to do this – it may well be in their interests. “But for the life of me, I cannot understand how the Labor Party, the Coalition, and One Nation all want to do this. “It is a deep betrayal of Australia’s interests. It is a deep, deep betrayal.” The Albanese government has committed almost $120bn to boosting Australia’s advanced missile stocks, kitting out the navy with state-of-the-art frigates and building the infrastructure to support a bigger military. The build up comes against a backdrop of increasing Chinese military aggression toward Australia and its Asian neighbours, especially the Philippines. Last year, Chinese warships circumnavigated Australia and carried out live fire drills off the East Coast. In comments afterwards, Defence Minister Richard Marles stopped just short of confirming the flotilla had targeted Australian cities. He refused to confirm because it would reveal “our surveillance capabilities”. “So we do know exactly what they were doing and exactly what they were rehearsing,” he said at the time. Canberra has also accused China of “unsafe” activity, including dropping flares close to Australian surveillance planes in international airspace. Asked about Australia’s role in a potential conflict between the US and China over Taiwan, Senator Shoebridge said Australia “should act for its material interests”. He dismissed the idea that the US would come to Taiwan’s aid “because they believe in Taiwanese democracy”. “The United States is acting for its own material interests, and Australia should act for its material interests,” Senator Shoebridge said. “And for the people of Taiwan, a catastrophic war that destroys Taiwan is not in the interests of the people of Taiwan. “Australia should be doing all we can to de-escalate in the region and to deal with the region through our national interests, not through those of Washington.”