AUKUS
Trump’s tariff plan called out in Congress as ‘insult to Australians’
US congressman Joe Courtney said that “what we’re seeing is a completely needless, almost insult, to the people of Australia”.
- Michael Koziol
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Deposit paid: Trump ‘very aware’ of AUKUS as Marles hands over $800m
Canberra has sent the first down payment of a total $4.7 billion to prop up US shipbuilding efforts ahead of the planned purchase of nuclear-powered submarines.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
Is Albo destined to be a one-term PM?
What is the legacy of the first (and perhaps only) term of the Albanese government? The loss of the Voice seems to have frozen his appetite for reform.
- George Brandis
- Analysis
- US politics
Penny Wong’s golden ticket to the Trump show signals Australia’s strength
Penny Wong and Donald Trump hardly sound like a match made in political heaven, but there was Australia’s foreign minister in prime position.
- Matthew Knott
Trump’s cabinet pick says AUKUS a ‘blueprint’ for other US pacts
Secretary of state-in-waiting Marco Rubio has given the strongest indication yet of what Donald Trump will do with the submarine deal.
- Farrah Tomazin and Michael Koziol
For America, AUKUS is the vehicle to ‘fortify’ Australia against China
Architects of the trilateral defence agreement said Australia should be the “beachhead” to counter Chinese aggression and the AUKUS deal was keeping Xi Jinping awake at night.
- Michael Koziol
There’s a gaping hole in Dutton’s nuclear plan. He says it’s Albanese’s problem to solve
Those who fear they will bear the burden of his nuclear power scheme want answers from the opposition leader.
- Julia Carr-Catzel
Fixing hospitals should take priority over fast rail
Living on the Central Coast, I am all for the construction of a high-speed rail link to Sydney. Currently it takes approximately the same time (1.5 hours) to drive from Gosford to the CBD on an increasingly crowded M1 as a train service that is frustratingly slow in sections.
Coalition haunted by its anti-Medicare history
Liberal spokesperson Anne Ruston claims that “the Coalition always has, and always will, invest in Medicare”. Well, except when under Malcolm Fraser they demolished Medibank and opposed any changes to the ramshackle health scheme we had.
Scott Morrison spends New Year’s Eve with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
The former Australian prime minister and his wife partied their way into 2025 at the president-elect’s Florida estate.
- James Massola
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