AUKUS
- Opinion
- Editorial
What’s the alternative? The many AUKUS questions the PM must answer
With news the United States is reviewing AUKUS, fundamental questions – both old and new – have surfaced about the merits of the $368 billion submarine deal. The Albanese government must confront them.
- The Age's View
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- Letters
- Letters
America is a society at war with itself
Readers discuss the increasing fragmentation within the US.
PM’s meeting with Trump in doubt as Middle East conflict escalates
Anthony Albanese has warned Australians to avoid the Middle East as he visits Fiji before heading to the US and the G7 meeting in Canada.
- Paul Sakkal, James Massola and Natassia Chrysanthos
- Opinion
- Political leadership
The most important meeting of Albanese’s career just got trickier
The Australian PM is not yet sure of a sit-down with Donald Trump at the G7 summit, but if they meet, he needs to come away with at least one win.
- James Massola
Give Trump ‘a new Pine Gap’, say experts claiming AUKUS go-slow
Senior Australian government sources say the snap AUKUS review might be designed to gain leverage as Americans push Australia to spend more on defence.
- Paul Sakkal
- Updated
- Defence
‘Time to wake up’: Turnbull, opposition seize on Trump’s AUKUS review
Defence Minister Richard Marles and AUKUS architect Scott Morrison insist they are confident the United States will keep supporting the $368 billion submarine deal.
- Natassia Chrysanthos, Paul Sakkal, Michael Koziol and Rob Harris
- Opinion
- Opinion
Trump’s AUKUS review is routine, not a harbinger of collapse
The US has too much to gain from Australia and AUKUS to abandon them. The real risk is Australia losing its nerve.
- Jennifer Parker
- Opinion
- USA
AUKUS is a disaster for Australia. Trump has given us an out – let’s take it
We were never likely to get any submarines, and all the deal does is tie us ever closer to an increasingly volatile and aggressive America.
- Dr Emma Shortis
- Analysis
- Trump's White House
Albanese must make Trump an offer he can’t refuse
Anthony Albanese needs to make AUKUS great again by super-sizing the existing deal and offering the Trump administration more than was agreed to under Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden.
- James Massola
Next radioactive AUKUS hurdle approaching as green light sought for Perth nuclear facility
The “controlled industrial facility” is crucial to the next stage of the AUKUS agreement.
- Hamish Hastie
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