Albanese’s five catastrophic mistakes rendering Australia defenceless
AUKUS is three years old but we still have nothing to show for it. It’s Yes Minister defence, without the bother of a military.
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AUKUS pact can’t be turned into blank cheque for US
In the present volatile state of the world, it seems rash for either Australia or Britain to say or sign anything that promises blank-cheque support in an American shootout with China.
‘National interest’: Albo’s AUKUS China dodge
The Prime Minister has dodged a question about the purpose of a pact with two of our greatest allies to build nuclear-powered submarines.
Target for AUKUS is challenging, says subs chief
US admiral William Houston says providing Australia with nuclear-powered subs will be ‘challenging’ but that ‘we are on the path to achieve this’.
Bring out the big guns in defence of AUKUS project
A failure of leadership, vision, messaging and political management is the pact’s greatest threat.
Major milestone in nuke subs dream
A major milestone has just been hit in Australia’s ambition to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.
AUKUS deal part of national economic transformation
South Australia is clearly the region showing most urgency in mobilising towards the industrial and economic change needed to see AUKUS succeed. But our whole nation needs to step up, too.
ALP’s reckless ways shame the party’s own history
Whatever their mistakes, Hawke and Keating, unlike this generation of Labor leaders, understood that private business was the engine of wealth creation and the best way to help workers was for employers to succeed.
A voice of sense amid Labor’s AUKUS mire
It was left to opposition senator Simon Birmingham to talk some sense on AUKUS this week – something the PM and Defence Minister seem unwilling or unable to do.
‘Escape hatches’: Outrage over subs deal
Questions have been raised about a pivotal security arrangement between Australia, the UK and the US, with concerns about one detail in particular.
AUKUS a strong hand in a region under threat
Just as the mechanical crossbow surpassed the slingshot, so a nuclear-powered submarine can reach further and strike harder.
Research unis ready for AUKUS challenge
Group of Eight universities say they have the necessary expertise to play a key role in developing new military technologies under AUKUS pact.
Nuclear debate ‘could undermine AUKUS’
The lead author of the government’s Defence Strategic Review has warned the political debate over Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy plan could threaten bipartisan consensus on AUKUS.
‘Political certainty essential on power’
Minerals Council of Australia chief Tania Constable says it will take bipartisan political commitment for nuclear power to become a reality.
‘OK with nuclear’: Trump cautiously backs nuclear power
The favourite to be re-elected US president has explicitly backed nuclear power, suggesting a future Trump administration might welcome a domestic nuclear push.
It’s doable with high degree of difficulty
While energy lawyers agree the Coalition could get the legal power to implement its nuclear policy, if elected, some say the plan would have a time and monetary cost.
Strategy would plug holes in planning for subs
Peter Dutton’s plan for Australia to build a nuclear energy industry provides the best chance of the AUKUS agreement actually delivering something for Australia.
Bowen blasts Coalition’s ‘nuclear furphy’
The Coalition’s uncosted nuclear power plan is a scam that doesn’t survive contact with analysis, Chris Bowen has told The Australian’s Energy Forum.
Defence skills and innovation key for small firms
Australian companies are hopeful their problem-solving skills would win contracts to supply the AUKUS submarine construction program if the focus was on novel and high-end products.
Experts from three newsrooms talk UK poll
Expert commentators from The Australian, The Times and The Wall Street Journal discuss the likely scenarios – and their impact – in a new series on the UK and US elections.
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