The fate of Australia's nuclear submarine program remains uncertain despite the foreign minister's attempt to sell the benefits of the agreement to her US counterpart.
The trilateral AUKUS agreement, which would provide Australia with nuclear submarines under a partnership with the US and UK, featured in Foreign Minister Penny Wong's talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington.
But the meeting did little to quell the coalition's concerns the future of AUKUS could be in peril with the Pentagon soon to conclude a snap review into whether the agreement aligns with President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda.
