Anthony Albanese is working on a plan to stockpile key critical minerals to use as strategic leverage with Donald Trump amid expectations the US President could remove the 10 per cent tariff on Australian products within months.
Labor has pledged $1bn in zero-interest loans for exporters and a new critical minerals strategic reserve to blunt the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Anthony Albanese is poised for a showdown with Donald Trump if sweeping tariffs are slapped on Australian goods, with the government considering WTO action, as Peter Dutton pledges to ‘stand up’ to the US President.
Anthony Albanese is vowing an Australia-first response if the nation is hit by Donald Trump’s new tariffs this week, as Labor steps up efforts to paint Peter Dutton as a Trump copycat.
Defence has handed responsibility for the monitoring of a suspected Chinese spy ship to the Australian Border Force despite Anthony Albanese’s claim that the ADF is on the case.
Veteran public servant Dennis Richardson, one of the few pro-AUKUS voices at a one-day security forum organised by the former PM, argued AUKUS may ‘fall over’.
Air force chief Stephen Chappell endorsed Labor’s management of the Defence portfolio just hours before Anthony Albanese called the election.
One of the air force’s most senior commanders has approved of Peter Dutton’s pledge to buy another squadron of F-35 joint strike fighters, while dismissing rumours of a US ‘kill switch’.
Concerns are mounting over the future of Australia’s $1bn Ghost Bat drone program as it approaches the end of its funding.
Defence is struggling to get new capabilities into service and keep its ageing warships and submarines in the water as the AUKUS program devours a growing share of funding.
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