两名澳大利亚前高级国家安全官员在公众参与的AUKUS潜艇协议询查会上提交意见书，警告该安全框架增加了澳大利亚卷入与中国破坏性冲突的风险，甚至可能使澳大利亚成为核武器目标。1迈克尔·基廷和乔恩·斯坦福声称，"澳大利亚的安全受到更大威胁，而我们已经越来越清楚地意识到无法依赖美国进行防御"。1两人指出，澳大利亚缺乏正式的美国安全保证，如北约第五条款所提供的保证，但澳大利亚正在开发指挥和基地设施，这使其容易成为主要军事目标。1基廷曾在霍克-基廷时代担任总理及内阁秘书，在国家安全秘书委员会任职11年，其中包括担任主席5年。1
基廷和斯坦福主张澳大利亚应立即重新设计国防战略，取消采购美国弗吉尼亚级和英国SSN AUKUS核动力攻击潜艇的计划，转向采购来自法国或韩国的低浓缩铀潜艇。1前国土事务秘书迈克·佩祖洛则持相反立场，支持深化与美国的军事一体化。1佩祖洛表示，如果他是中国战争规划者，他会"夷平每一个可能被美国人在一夜间使用的设施"，包括廷达尔、斯特灵、西北角和松林间谍基地。1佩祖洛认为澳大利亚应该选择加强与美国的同盟关系而不是保持中立。1
Two former senior Australian national security officials have cautioned that the AUKUS security pact heightens the country's vulnerability to nuclear conflict, warning that Australia risks becoming a target for Chinese weapons if it proceeds with acquiring nuclear-powered attack submarines under the agreement.1 Michael Keating and Jon Stanford, submitting testimony to a public inquiry into the AUKUS submarine initiative, argued that Australia lacks a formal security guarantee comparable to NATO's Article Five protections despite increasingly integrating its military infrastructure and facilities with the United States.1
The former officials have called for an immediate overhaul of Australia's defense strategy, advocating that the country abandon plans to procure American Virginia-class and British SSN AUKUS nuclear-powered attack submarines in favor of conventionally powered vessels with low-enriched uranium fuel from France or South Korea.1 Keating, who served as Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretary during the Hawke-Keating era and spent eleven years on the National Security Committee of Cabinet, including five years as its chair, contended that "Australia's security is under greater threat, and we have become increasingly aware that we cannot rely on the United States for our defense" within the AUKUS framework.1
The debate over Australia's commitment reflects divergent strategic views. Former Secretary of Home Affairs Mike Pezzullo articulated an opposing perspective, asserting that if he were a Chinese war planner, he would "flatten every facility that the Americans could use in a single night," specifically naming Tindal, Stirling, Northwest Corner, and Exmouth spy bases.1 Pezzullo nevertheless supported deepening military integration with the United States, maintaining that Australia should strengthen its alliance with Washington rather than pursue neutrality.1
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