Senior Australian and British ministers will rally around the importance of the AUKUS nuclear submarine pact as a keystone for both countries’ defences, as they push back against threats to the agreement from the Trump administration’s review.
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Defence Secretary John Healey will hold annual defence and diplomatic talks in Sydney on Friday, coinciding with the arrival of a Royal Navy aircraft carrier in Darwin in a show of British prestige and power projection.
