The Latest Breaking News from AUKUS

The $360 billion cost of AUKUS might be startling, but on top of that is another undiscussed figure: the cost of building storage for nuclear waste.

ABC chair Ita Buttrose says the broadcaster’s coronation coverage did not breach editorial guidelines but she’s sorry some people were miffed, and millions of dollars in money for detention centres went instead to Pacific Nations politicians.

Andrew Leigh won’t have made himself many friends in Labor with his attack this week on the stifling power of the party’s factions.

Aukus requests would be handled faster than almost all applications ‘other than from Taiwan and Ukraine’

Campbell has been involuntarily stood down from her advisory role on the AUKUS security partnership, which paid $900,000 per year.

Two of Australia's most senior ministers will meet with their US counterparts as the Albanese government faces calls to withdraw from a major security pact.

America’s deterrent against Beijing is diminishing while the military threat to Australia increases with Aukus, Sam Roggeveen argues

The AUKUS partnership between Australia, the US and the UK isn’t just about nuclear-propelled submarines.

It’s frequently invoked, takes in defence, ideology, economy and the world order, and plays a major role in weaving together the social fabric. Good luck defining just what it is, though.

As a “welcomed guest” at the latest NATO summit in Lithuania, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins had a front-row seat for debates over Ukrainian membership, the role of countries outside NATO’s traditional geographic boundaries, the ongoing threat of China, military spending and an accelerating nuclear arms race.

Request comes as Anthony Albanese attends Nato summit in Europe and possible talks with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy