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Aukus

August 2024

  • Anthony Albanese and Joe Biden shake hands with a view of the water and a submarine in the background

    Australia indemnifies US and UK ‘against any liability’ from nuclear submarine risks

    New text reveals any party can terminate their collaboration on nuclear-powered boats with just one year’s notice
  • Former prime minister Paul Keating raises his finger as he speaks

    Aukus pact will turn Australia into ‘51st state’ of the US, Paul Keating says

    Former prime minister argues Australia has made itself a target by aligning with American ‘aggression’ towards China
  • Porthselau Beach, St David's Pembrokeshire

    Deep space radar site in Wales to go ahead to protect UK from ‘space warfare’

    Ministers say network of 27 radar dishes in Pembrokeshire crucial to defend against ‘increasing belligerence in space’

July 2024

  • Former President Donald Trump

    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
  • The US vice-president, Kamala Harris, would be the least disruptive transition in the Democrat campaign to defeat Donald Trump.

    The latest US presidential twist throws the race wide open – but what could it mean for Australia?

    Arthur Sinodinos
    The departure of President Biden will energise the campaign but neither side seems likely to alter international economic policy a great deal
    • Britain’s defence policy rests on unity in an increasingly divided world

    • The question that Australia cannot answer: if we can’t depend on America, then who?

      Allan Behm
    • Book on Aukus ‘fiasco’ says decision to embrace pact will ‘haunt’ Labor for years

June 2024

  • Labor senator Fatima Payman leaves the chamber after crossing the floor to vote with the Greens on a motion to recognise Palestine as state.

    Australia news live
    Labor says ‘no mandated sanction’ after senator crosses floor – as it happened

  • Karen Middleton

    There is no shortage of Coalition U-turns on nuclear. But this Aukus example might be the most remarkable

    Karen Middleton
  • Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un shake hands after a signing ceremony following their bilateral talks at the Kumsusan State Guesthouse in Pyongyang.

    The Guardian view on Putin and Kim: an alarming new pact needs close attention

  • Peter Dutton

    Nuclear engineer dismisses Peter Dutton’s claim that small modular reactors could be commercially viable soon

May 2024

  • Lt Gen Stephen Sklenka, the deputy commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command addresses the National Press Club in Canberra

    US military commander has ‘no idea’ how Australia’s Aukus submarines would be used in any Taiwan Strait dispute

  • Speaking at the National Press Club, Lt Gen Stephen Sklenka, the deputy commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, said it was 'too far down the path' to factor Aukus submarines into its future planning in relation to the Taiwan Strait

    'Too far' away for Aukus subs to be involved in Taiwan Strait planning: US commander – video

  • The Australian federal budget 2024 points to a ramp-up in Aukus spending over the financial year

    Federal budget ramps up Aukus with $2.6bn earmarked for submarine project in 2024-25

  • UK, US and Australian flags in front of the USS Ashevilla, a Los Angeles-class nuclear powered submarine, in WA

    Australia risks being ‘world’s nuclear waste dump’ unless Aukus laws changed, critics say

  • US won’t guarantee Australia will have complete control of Aukus submarines

  • Bob Carr accuses Winston Peters of defamation after NZ deputy PM calls him a ‘Chinese puppet’

April 2024

  • A crew member is seen onboard the USS Asheville, a Los Angeles-class nuclear powered fast attack submarine at HMAS Stirling in Perth

    US Congress passes foreign military aid package with $5bn boost for Aukus agreement with Australia

  • Richard Marles

    Australia plans for a ‘less certain’ future in Asia — one where the US may not remain the dominant force

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