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Australia should reconsider alliance with ‘fiercely unpredictable’ US, former foreign ministers say

Bob Carr says Trump foreign policy presents a ‘colossal challenge’ for Australia and Gareth Evans says the Aukus pact should be reconsidered

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Donald Trump says Australia will get the Aukus submarines – but the decision won’t be his to make

If the US navy needs the subs, they cannot be sold to Australia, regardless of how much the president might wish it

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Afternoon Update: PM in US for Trump meeting; October heat records set to tumble; and a break-up note to America

Aukus is expected to be high on the agenda when Anthony Albanese sits down with Donald Trump in the White House

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Albanese faces the diplomatic test of his political life to attract, and hold, Trump’s attention

Dealing with the US president requires nose holding; and the PM must navigate the delicate balance between getting Trump’s attention and attracting too much

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On issues from Aukus to recognising Palestine, Victorian Labor’s base is determined to be heard

At the party’s state conference this weekend, members and unions will have their say. The question then becomes whether governments – federal and state – will listen

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Australia and UK to sign 50-year defence treaty despite US wavering on Aukus submarine deal

While details of the treaty are yet to be announced, it’s expected to cover cooperation in shipbuilding and other areas

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Scott Morrison tells US Australia risks going to sleep on China threat after diplomatic ‘charm and flattery’

Former prime minister warns US House of Representatives committee Australia must do more to resist the security threat posed by China

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Aukus deal’s importance ‘well understood’ by Trump administration, Penny Wong says – but no iron-clad guarantee given

After meeting Marco Rubio at Quad gathering in Washington, foreign affairs minister says Australia could benefit from demand for critical minerals

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The Australia-US alliance is facing a decisive test, and not just over the Middle East

The question of Australia joining the US in a conflict with China over Taiwan looms over the debate about our military preparedness and defence spending

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Albanese says Australian military won’t play a role in Middle East conflict – as it happened

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Aukus will cost Australia $368bn. What if there was a better, cheaper defence strategy?

As questions swirl around the nuclear submarine deal, some strategists are pushing for an alternative, ‘echidna’ policy that focuses less on offensive capability

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King’s birthday honours list 2025: from broadcasting luminary Phillip Adams to a PM and a film-making couple

The longtime ABC radio host joins Scott Morrison, movie-makers Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin and former Women’s Weekly editor Deborah Hutton among award recipients

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Australian election called for 3 May – as it happened

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Morning Mail: Labor to cut medicine costs, Bob Carr’s Aukus warning, Rowling sparks Harry Potter feud

Labor to cap PBS-listed prescription costs at $25 as Coalition searches for policy hit; former foreign affairs minister criticises Aukus

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The new reality dawning in Australia: it can no longer rely on the US

For all the fraternal rhetoric, the alliance has always been asymmetric. It seems Washington under Trump sees it as immaterial

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Trump pick for Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia would be ‘crazy’ if Taiwan tensions flare

Nominee for undersecretary for defense policy says Aukus deal to deliver Virginia class submarines could leave US sailors ‘vulnerable’

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The dangerous folly of Australia’s come-what-may sycophancy towards Trump is on full display

A cloak of major party bipartisanship ensures no mainstream political challenge to the sanctified US-Australia relationship

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The momentary slip from Trump that plucked at Australia’s deep fear of abandonment

US president, questioned about Aukus defence deal during meeting with UK prime minister Keir Starmer, replied ‘what does that mean?’

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Albanese riffs on Trump phone call, Keating’s sledging and ‘gotcha’ journalism on Grade Cricketer podcast spin-off

Billed as sports comedy, the interview on The Circus appeared to suit the PM, who was on safe territory for much of the hour-long show

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US accuses Australia of breaking ‘verbal commitment’ on aluminium exports – as it happened

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The prospect of Australia’s defence being dependent on the whim of Donald Trump points to a need to muscle up on our own

It’s time to re-read Australia’s 2017 foreign policy white paper and think about how we strengthen regional ties to offset an unpredictable US government

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How will the outcome of the US election affect Australia, Aukus and our region?

Australia’s future is closely tied to the future occupant of the White House. What impacts could a Kamala Harris or Donald Trump presidency have?

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Kim Carr’s memoir is an elegy for older-style Labor politics. Only time will tell if it’s an elegy for the Labor project itself

The former senior minister seems nostalgic for a time when the ALP could rely on a large base of blue-collar workers and their families

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Australia thought it was done with Trump, now the US treaty ally is readying for his possible return

Canberra is focused on what a second Trump presidency could mean for Aukus – its deal to acquire nuclear-powered submarines

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Guardian Essential poll: almost a third of Australians say they would vote for Trump if they could

Survey records 15-point surge in support for Republican presidential nominee since November 2020, with 36% now considering him favourably

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