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Former prime minister Tony Abbott during an Inside Politics podcast recording in Sydney on Monday.

‘Need more firepower now’: US should give Australia retired nuclear subs, says Abbott

The former prime minister said Australia should prepare itself for a conflagration in the Indo-Pacific by gearing up with retiring Los Angeles-class nuclear submarines.

  • Paul Sakkal and Jacqueline Maley

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National Anti-Corruption Commission chief Paul Brereton during a hearing on the commission.

‘Wild conspiracies’: Anti-corruption boss under fire over potential conflicts of interest

The head of the national anti-corruption body said he believed he was being targeted by people seeking to stymie investigations into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

  • Matthew Knott
The USS Minnesota, a Virginia-class submarine, sails off Western Australia last month.

‘Borderline frightening’: Pentagon outlines major challenge to AUKUS

Defence Minister Richard Marles has also confirmed the deal’s sprawling second pillar will be slimmed down in light of industry complaints.

  • Michael Koziol
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
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
Small boat attacked by US in the Caribbean in September.

Hegseth said boat military destroyed was carrying drugs to the US. It was heading to Suriname

New details have emerged of the deadly repeat strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs targeted by the US military.

  • Stephen Groves and Lisa Mascaro
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The Australian Defence Force trialling recently acquired technology at its training base in Cultana, South Australia.

‘The race is on’: Australia follows Ukraine into the drone-killing era

At a remote military site in the outback, cutting-edge drone technology pioneered in the war in Ukraine is being trialled by the Australian army.

  • Matthew Knott
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
Learning from Ukraine, the Australian Defence Force trials technology used to defend against drone attacks.
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In the outback, the army trials advanced counter-drone technology

Learning from Ukraine, the Australian Defence Force trials technology used to defend against drone attacks.

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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