Aukus is among Australia’s worst foreign policy decisions and requires ‘heroic’ optimism, Gareth Evans says
Gareth Evans says.
Giving evidence to an independent public inquiry into [the $368bn nuclear agreement](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/06/amid-choppy-waters-around-secondhand-subs-and-trump-labors-sensitivity-about-the-aukus-debate-is-growing) with the US and UK on Thursday, Evans, a cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating governments