2 h. ago Secrecy over Pentagon review suggests there’s stuff in there Australia doesn’t want to talk about

The Pentagon’s AUKUS review might be an American document, but the Australian government has a duty to its own taxpayers to insist upon greater transparency.

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6 h. ago Marles refuses 12 times to say what the Americans want in AUKUS review

Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong met their American counterparts Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio in Washington for annual talks amid what Rubio called “real momentum” in the alliance.

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9 h. ago Hegseth touts Australia’s next $1.5 billion AUKUS cheque as ministers meet

Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised fresh “momentum” in the US-Australia alliance as he met with counterparts for the annual AUSMIN talks in Washington.

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48 h. ago US allies that don’t step up ‘will face consequences’, Hegseth warns on eve of Ausmin

At a major defence conference, civilian and military officials also spoke of the ongoing difficulty in building more nuclear-powered submarines, which Australia will depend on under the AUKUS agreement.

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4 d. ago Full speed ahead with Ukraine war supplies as Australia receives Trump’s AUKUS report card

The retirement of the army’s fleet of Tiger attack helicopters could be fast-tracked.

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2 w. ago As AUKUS accelerates, is Rockingham ready for what comes next?

Sailors are champing at the bit to get a posting to HMAS Stirling, according to the commander in charge of the US Navy’s submarine force.

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3 w. ago Albanese puts deals with Vanuatu and Fiji next on the agenda

Albanese slammed the record of the Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison governments and claimed they hurt Australia’s foreign relations, a view that would be challenged by his opponents who set up the AUKUS agreement underpinning Australia’s security strategy.

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