AUKUS
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Ever wondered why Trump likes dictators? This three-star general can tell you
In his only interview with the Australian media, the former national security adviser talks about Donald Trump’s attempts at self-worth.
- by Peter Hartcher
Latest
Keating, Marles exchange fire over pact to buy US submarines
Paul Keating says the AUKUS defence pact is “act of sublimation” to the US. Richard Marles thinks the plan has a parallel in the Labor luminary’s time as PM.
- by David Crowe and Rob Harris
Customers don’t enjoy being taken for mugs
Consumers don’t like to be exploited, treated like fools, taken for a ride or hit when they’re down.
Opinion
Letters
Letter writers: Please be disgusted but don’t be disgusting
Letters to the editor writers celebrate and commiserate about the art of composing cogent and concise correspondence.
Opinion
Letters
You too will get old, but it can be a joyful experience
Readers discuss new aged care reforms but not everyone agrees they will be better off as a result.
Exclusive
US Votes 2024
White House pushes for AUKUS to move to ‘pillar two’ weapons focus
The US National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, revealed in an interview that he wanted to see “two or three signature projects” before Joe Biden leaves office.
- by Peter Hartcher
‘Making history every day’: AUKUS chiefs defend submarine plan
One in 10 submariners serving on the US Navy’s prized nuclear submarines in the western Pacific will soon be Australian, a visiting admiral has revealed.
- by Matthew Knott
Analysis
Political leadership
12 big ideas and six sitting weeks: It’s crunch time for Albanese
With an election looming, the Albanese government is running out of time to get a raft of reforms through.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Opinion
AUKUS is unhinged from reality. Australia will only ever be a pitstop for nuclear subs
We will host but not operate AUKUS submarines supplied by the US and Britain. The notion of building our own would be funny if there wasn’t so much at stake.
- by Elizabeth Buchanan
LETTERS
Letters
AUKUS deal should never have been floated
Age readers react to the AUKUS deal with the US, and to Australia’s Paris success.
Analysis
Analysis
There are two camps on nuclear-powered submarines. Only one of them is based in reality
Critics of the AUKUS pact argue the submarine plan is failing and could collapse at any moment. In the real world, significant progress is being made.
- by Matthew Knott
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