AUKUS has a very high risk of failure: Turnbull Another former prime minister has questioned the AUKUS security pact following Paul Keating's blistering attack against it and the Labor government. The New Daily · Mar 15, 2023
'A policy aesthete': a new biography of Tanya Plibersek shows how governments work – and affect people's lives Days before the publication of a new biography of federal Labor cabinet minister Tanya Plibersek, the Nine newspapers carried an exclusive extract in the Good Weekend magazine, accompanied by a news article leading with Plibersek’s assertion that if she had stood for the party’s leadership after the 2019 election she… The Conversation · Mar 15, 2023
AUKUS confidence remains despite Keating attack: Marles Richard Marles maintains his confidence in the AUKUS security pact despite former Labor prime minister Paul Keating's blistering attack against it. AAP · Mar 15, 2023
Future energy price rises are 'significant': Albanese The prime minister says energy price hikes would have been higher were it not for market intervention, while denying the increases were embarrassing. AAP · Mar 15, 2023
Showdown over subs triggers fight among Labor’s faithful Paul Keating has delivered a full frontal attack on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and condemned the nuclear submarine. The New Daily · Mar 15, 2023
Australia seeks talks with global nuclear watchdog to allay Aukus fears Government has promised not to enrich uranium or reprocess spent fuel as part of the nuclear-powered submarine program The Guardian - AU · Mar 15, 2023
The ‘worst deal’ in history and an Albanese snub: Paul Keating’s most memorable calls at the press club Former Labor prime minister attacks Aukus, the media, post-Brexit Britain and his own side of politics The Guardian - AU · Mar 15, 2023
Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka tells Anthony Albanese he backs AUKUS deal Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese did not need a long stopover to secure support from Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka for the long-awaited details of Australia's pathway to nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS deal. ABC News · Mar 15, 2023
Paul Keating lashes Albanese government over AUKUS, calling it Labor's biggest failure since WW1 Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has launched a swingeing attack on the Labor government over the AUKUS submarine agreement, accusing Anthony Albanese of relying on “two seriously unwise ministers, Penny Wong and Richard Marles”. The Conversation · Mar 15, 2023
Paul Keating savages AUKUS nuclear submarine deal as Labor's worst since conscription Former prime minister Paul Keating has taken aim at Australia's AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine deal with the United States and the United Kingdom, calling it the "worst international decision" by a Labor government since conscription in World War I. ABC News · Mar 15, 2023
Keating warns of Labor backlash on nuclear subs Support for the expensive acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines from the US has stained Labor's foreign policy record, Paul Keating says. The New Daily · Mar 15, 2023
Keating labels AUKUS 'irrational in every dimension' Paul Keating has launched another scathing attack on the AUKUS security arrangement, calling it irrational and an affront to Australian administration. AAP · Mar 15, 2023
Paul Keating brands Albanese’s AUKUS move a Labor betrayal Paul Keating says support for nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS agreement is the Labor party’s worst decision for a century The New Daily · Mar 15, 2023
Morning Mail: Russian jet hits US drone, boy’s 45 days in solitary, China denounces Aukus Beijing labels submarine deal ‘cold war’ mentality while concern grows in Queensland over youth justice policies The Guardian - AU · Mar 14, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Mar 14, 2023 Could a Donald Trump-shaped torpedo sink Australia’s $368bn Aukus submarine plans? Technical risks abound in multi-decade plan for Australia to obtain nuclear-powered submarines. There are plenty of political ones, too
Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2023 What is the Aukus deal? Australia to operate British-designed nuclear submarines The defence cooperation plan is a new chapter in the relationship between the Australia, the US and the UK
Daily Mirror · Mar 14, 2023 China lashes out at UK, US and Australia for fuelling 'arms race' with submarine pact Beijing has blasted the deal struck by the UK, Australia and the US to build nuclear-powered submarines to counter the Chinese threat in the Pacific
The New Daily · Mar 14, 2023 Expert blasts AUKUS upside for America and Britain, as government pitches to neighbours A top defence expert says the AUKUS deal announced by Anthony Albanese on Tuesday mostly benefits the British and American governments.
The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023 China says AUKUS on 'dangerous path' with nuclear subs deal China says the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom are traveling “further down the wrong and dangerous path for their own geopolitical self-interest.”
ABC News · Mar 14, 2023 Nuclear submarines needed due to China's military expansion, AUKUS task force head says The head of Australia's AUKUS task force says China's military expansion justifies the purchase of new nuclear-powered submarines, while reassuring Australians the nuclear reactors on board the vessels will be safe.
The Conversation · Mar 14, 2023 AUKUS submarine plan will be the biggest defence scheme in Australian history. So how will it work? The agreement to deliver Australia nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS tripartite security pact was announced today with great fanfare at United States Navy facilities in San Diego, California.
The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023 Australia says nuclear subs needed to counter militarization Australia’s defense minister says a deal to buy nuclear-powered attack submarines from the United States was necessary to counter the biggest conventional military buildup in the region since World War II
Wales Online · Mar 14, 2023 Joe Biden hails nuclear attack submarine deal as 'historic day' in UK and USA 'partnership' Biden met with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Point Loma naval base in San Diego yesterday (March 13)
The Guardian - AU · Mar 14, 2023 What is the Aukus submarine deal and what does it mean? – the key facts The four-phase plan has made nuclear arms control experts nervous … here’s why
AAP · Mar 14, 2023 Diplomatic blitz to calm allies over nuclear subs fears Australian ministers have been hitting the phones to assure allies and regional partners about the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines.