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Tess Ikonomou

Australia to go all in for AUKUS despite US review

Australia's defence minister is confident a US review of the AUKUS pact won't sink the deal. (Colin Murty/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia could be forced to re-pitch its case for the AUKUS security pact to the US as critics seize on the Trump administration's month-long review to call for the plan to be dumped.

The Pentagon will examine whether the pact is in line with US President Donald Trump's "America First" policy amid concerns in Washington the deal could leave the nation short of submarines.

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