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Marles repeatedly declined to comment on what the US review of AUKUS actually entailed.

Marles refuses 12 times to say what the Americans want in AUKUS review

Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong met their American counterparts Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio in Washington for annual talks amid what Rubio called “real momentum” in the alliance.

  • Michael Koziol and Matthew Knott

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Marles repeatedly declined to comment on what the US review of AUKUS actually entailed.

Secrecy over Pentagon review suggests there’s stuff in there Australia doesn’t want to talk about

The Pentagon’s AUKUS review might be an American document, but the Australian government has a duty to its own taxpayers to insist upon greater transparency.

  • Michael Koziol
Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

Australia needs to grasp chance to reset defence expectations with the US

When Marles and Wong go to the US, it would benefit us all if they got down to brass tacks about the defence of Australia in the event of war – above and beyond our own military spending.

  • Jennifer Parker
Donald Trump has repeatedly admonished European countries for not shouldering their share of the strategic burden.

‘A shocking wake-up call’: Trump’s foreign policy manifesto savages Europe, lets Australia off hook

The US administration’s new strategy on global security renews calls for Indo-Pacific allies to spend more on defence and share the burden of containing China, but places less importance on Australia’s role than Japan’s and South Korea’s.

  • Michael Koziol
The US is due to sell Australia at least three Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS agreement.

Initial AUKUS review ‘rewritten to reflect Trump’s support’

The Pentagon’s original position was more sceptical, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter, and the document had to be reworked.

  • Michael Koziol and Matthew Knott
The Australian Army’s ARH Tiger helicopter could be headed to Ukraine to help defend against Russia’s invasion.

Full speed ahead with Ukraine war supplies as Australia receives Trump’s AUKUS report card

The retirement of the army’s fleet of Tiger attack helicopters could be fast-tracked.

  • Matthew Knott
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British shipbuilder BAE Systems will build six Hunter-class frigates for the navy, down from a planned nine.

Government to scrap multiple Defence agencies to fight massive blowouts

Defence Minister Richard Marles also announced the government was monitoring a Chinese naval flotilla that may be en route to the waters surrounding Australia.

  • Matthew Knott
Rear Admiral Lincoln Reifsteck, left, speaks to media during a tour of the USS Vermont.

As AUKUS accelerates, is Rockingham ready for what comes next?

Sailors are champing at the bit to get a posting to HMAS Stirling, according to the commander in charge of the US Navy’s submarine force.

  • Cameron Myles
US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Seoul on October 29.

Australia set the bar for submarine drama, but few saw South Korea’s latest move

Donald Trump’s Truth Social post baffled defence experts but is a coup for South Korea’s president.

  • Lisa Visentin
Trump and Albanese share a laugh at the White House in October.

Finally disclosed: The Trump gift Albanese wanted to keep quiet

The Prime Minister has updated his register of members interests to reveal what Donald Trump gave him during his visit to the White House last month.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

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