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AUKUS members say plans on track for US and UK to help Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarine fleet

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says Australia will be able to acquire nuclear-powered submarines by the deadline set out in the AUKUS alliance without imposing any new taxes on Australians to fund it.

Representatives from Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom gathered in Washington DC for the first AUKUS defence ministers' meeting since the security pact was signed last year. 

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