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The Latest Breaking News from AUKUS

Independent Sophie Scamps quits parliamentary sports club after Pocock ban – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Dfat liaising with Israel after Australians reportedly detained – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

'Folly' of nuclear submarines plan floated

Australian government officials are hinting the US will not rip up the AUKUS agreement as critics poke holes in the nuclear submarines plan.

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Nuclear subs deal afloat as news surfaces of US backing

Australia is awash with confidence a multibillion-dollar security and submarine deal with the UK and US will be spared from cuts by Donald Trump.

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PM hopeful of reciprocal respect in Trump talks

The relationship between the US and Australia remains strong, the prime minister says, after finally locking in a meeting with Donald Trump in Washington DC.

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All alone against China: warning for PM on Pacific

Australia is caught between a disinterested White House and an increasingly assertive Beijing, experts warn, as Anthony Albanese prepares to meet Donald Trump.

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Gaza, subs top of PM's agenda after touching down in UK

Fresh from attending the United Nations General Assembly, Anthony Albanese will receive a rockstar reception from progressive world leaders in the UK.

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Australia, PNG delay defence pact as China’s rise in Pacific region looms

Australian PM Albanese fails to sign mutual defence pact a week after also failing to sign security deal with Vanuatu.

Al Jazeera

Australia urged to lasso US back to Indo-Pacific region

Australia should use its close relationship with the US to convince it to devote more time and attention to the Indo-Pacific, a former senior official says.

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PM coy on prospect of Trump meeting – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Minister torpedoes talk defence billions to appease US

Australia insists a $12 billion spend on a defence precinct is about boosting the nation's capabilities, but experts say the increase is not significant.

AAP

Australia To Spend US$8 Bn On Nuclear Sub Shipyard Facility

Australia will spend an initial Aus$12 billion (US$8 billion) to upgrade shipyard facilities for a future fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, the government said Sunday.

International Business Times

Government makes $12bn downpayment on WA shipyard to help prepare it for Aukus submarine era

Henderson defence precinct to be used to build surface vessels and maintain submarines

The Guardian - AU

Trump calls Albanese 'a good man' after latest call

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has now had four "really warm" conversations with Donald Trump as the US president praised him for being a "good man".

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Doug Cameron says Labor’s left ‘defanged’ and co-opted into supporting US aggression

Former Labor senator Doug Cameron has accused the Albanese government, and its left faction in particular, of deserting principle and abandoning Australian sovereignty to the United States.

Al Jazeera

Australia to spend $1.1bn on underwater ‘Ghost Shark’ attack drones

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles says large underwater attack drones have ‘very long range’ of operations.

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Submarine on show as crew stretch legs in big city

Cooped up on working days, submarine crew members are making the most of their time docked at one of Australia's biggest cities.

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Australian minister comes face-to-face with JD Vance

The defence minister has held talks with US Vice President JD Vance and his US counterpart Pete Hegseth, as questions remain over the AUKUS partnership.

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Aussie anxiety fuelling AUKUS submarine social licence

A national mood of anxiety over global volatility has helped build public trust in the community for the controversial and costly AUKUS defence project.

The Conversation

The United States has changed. Australia hasn’t. It’s time to talk about where the relationship goes from here

Seven months after Donald Trump was inaugurated for a second term as US president, we are facing the most important moment in Australia’s foreign policy since the Iraq war. Australia needs to have a national conversation on the future of its alliance with the United States.

The Guardian - AU

Aukus laws will mean anywhere in Australia could be potential nuclear waste dump, critics say

Greens senator David Shoebridge says communities will have ‘no way to protect the land’ from waste that will be radioactive for millennia

The Guardian - AU

The lethal legacy of Aukus nuclear submarines will remain for millennia – and there’s no plan to deal with it

Australia’s future nuclear submarines will produce highly radioactive waste, and allies in the UK and the US still don’t have a safe place to store their own

International Business Times

Australia To Buy 11 Advanced Warships From Japan

Australia will upgrade its navy with 11 Mogami-class frigates built by Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday.

The Conversation

Espionage cost Australia $12.5 billion in 2023-24, ASIO boss Mike Burgess says

Espionage cost Australia $12.5 billion in 2023-24, according to a study by ASIO and the Australian Institute of Criminology.

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Australia left hanging by US on key submarine deal

Australia will have to wait longer to find out what the US plans to do with a multi-billion dollar submarine deal between the two nations.

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