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The AUKUS a landmark agreement between the US, UK and Australia, which was announced to share military technology and boost combined military strength in the Asia-Pacific region.

(L/R) US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks as Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles and Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey look on during the annual AUKUS Defense Ministers' Ministerial at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

‘Big moment’: Huge call on AUKUS

The fate of $368bn defence pact AUKUS has been revealed days after Australian officials got their hands on a secretive review.

YAMATO, KANAGAWA, JAPAN - 2021/11/27: A Bell Boeing V22, CMV-22B, Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft with the United States Navy Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron 30 (VRM-30) flying over Kanagawa, Japan. (Photo by Damon Coulter/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

US warplanes to be based on Aus shores

US warplanes will be ‘pre-positioned’ at Australian air bases, it has been revealed, as a huge vow was made on the $368bn AUKUS defence pact.

YAMATO, KANAGAWA, JAPAN - 2021/11/27: A Bell Boeing V22, CMV-22B, Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft with the United States Navy Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron 30 (VRM-30) flying over Kanagawa, Japan. (Photo by Damon Coulter/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

US warplanes to be based on Aus shores

US warplanes will be ‘pre-positioned’ at Australian air bases, it has been revealed, as a huge vow was made on the $368bn AUKUS defence pact.

Pat Conroy has refused to disclose whether the AUKUS review will become public.

‘Can’t answer’: MP tight-lipped on secret review

As Australia reviews a highly secretive US investigation into the AUKUS defence pact, it remains unclear whether the findings will ever be made public.

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Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) that will be built by Lockheed Martin at Port Wakefield. Picture: Lockheed Martin

Australian-first ‘sniper rifle’ missile plant to open in SA

South Australia will claim the extraordinary title of housing the world’s only facility outside of the US capable of manufacturing America’s most advanced guided missile technology.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - November 25, 2025: Chairman Zhao meets with the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Albo’s brekkie with China’s top brass

Anthony Albanese has sat down for breakfast with one of the most powerful men in China amid a push from Taiwan to join AUKUS.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and USS Vermont. Picture: NewsWire

‘This is happening’: Albo’s AUKUS vow

Anthony Albanese has shut down doubt about a key challenge facing the centrepiece of Australia’s 21st century defence strategy.

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Thrive by Five Director Jay Weatherill. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Starick: All the way with Jay to the UK leaves one key error

The man who once described South Australia as being in ‘genteel decline’ will now oversee crucial elements of the $368bn AUKUS submarine deal, writes Paul Starick.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and former South Australian premier Jay Weatherill. Picture: NewsWire

‘AUKUS’: Albo’s pick for key UK job

Anthony Albanese has revealed his pick for one of the most important overseas postings.

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Australia and the UK will deliver SSN-AUKUS, a new conventionally-armed nuclear-powered submarine, based on a UK design, incorporating cutting edge Australian, UK and US technologies. *** Local Caption *** The inaugural Nuclear-Powered Submarine Propulsion Challenge was launched in high schools across Australia on 19 June 2023, giving a new generation of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students the chance to win a trip to HMAS Stirling in Western Australia to see first-hand how submarines work. The introductory-level, nationwide program will provide teachers with learning resources to help students design their own engineering plans for submarine nuclear propulsion. The program aims to inspire students to discover how nuclear propulsion works and how it makes submarines more capable. The challenge is free to enter and open to all high school students in years 7–12. The winners from each state and territory will have the opportunity to take part in an immersive submariner experience at HMAS Stirling; the home base of Australia’s Collins-class submarines.

‘Significant’: Huge call on AUKUS

The Pentagon has made its strongest public comment on AUKUS in the wake of a review that threatened to knock the deal off the table.

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An AUKUS submarine and US President Donald Trump. Picture: BAE Systems / AFP

‘Highly doubtful’: Fresh AUKUS worry

Anthony Albanese has again been peppered with questions on AUKUS after a major announcement from Donald Trump.

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Chairman John Jovanovic and Australian Minister for Resources Madeleine King sign Letters of Interest at EXIM headquarters in Washington, D.C., October 20, 2025. Photo: EXIM

Critical minerals pact linked to renewed AUKUS support, says King

Having helped land Australia’s critical minerals pact with the US, Resources Minister Madeleine King also met with the US Secretary of Navy John Phelan to discuss the nuclear submarine program.

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WASHINGTON D.C, USA.- NewsWire Photos- OCTOBER 20, 2025 Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump sign a $8.5 billion rare earth minerals agreement during a bilateral meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House . Picture: NewsWire/ Joseph Olbrycht Palmer

Trump question Albo won’t answer

President Donald Trump has heaped praise on AUKUS — but he also has some changes in mind for the $368bn pact.

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Australia has been accused of a military cover up by China.

‘Vile’: China’s shocking cover-up claim

Australia has been accused of a ‘cover-up’ and making ‘false claims’ about a tense encounter with a Chinese warplane.

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