Telcos to pay for future outages: inquiry
A Senate inquiry into the November 8 Optus outage has issued seven recommendations addressing the telco’s ‘manifestly inadequate’ response.
AUKUS
New AUKUS deal with UK to keep $368bn nuclear sub program on track
Ministers believe having a new bilateral framework between Australia and the UK – in addition to the trilateral deal with the US – will accelerate the design, build and delivery of SSN-AUKUS.
No, defending our sovereignty is not ‘appeasement’ — a response to Alexander Downer
What worries Paul Keating and me about the wildly expensive AUKUS submarine project is the abdication of sovereign agency it necessarily involves, and which Alexander Downer frankly admits.
Labor elders now just weak ‘appeasers’ on AUKUS
If we stick with the appeasement strategy – the one favoured by Paul Keating and Gareth Evans – that is the strategy that leads to war. For every inch we give these countries, they take a mile.
‘Confident’: Albo’s big claim after Biden chat
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made a strong statement about the future of a multi-billion dollar investment after meeting with US President Joe Biden.
‘Confident’: Albo’s big claim after Biden chat
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made a strong statement about the future of a multi-billion dollar investment after meeting with US President Joe Biden.
AUKUS critics stuck in a 1990s time warp
Seeking ‘security in Asia’ will be meaningless for as long as China pursues expansionist designs to displace the US in the region. It’s in our interests to work with others to prevent this.
AUKUS is something to celebrate
The phony realpolitik case for coexistence with China ignores a fundamental case for AUKUS – demonstrating that if diplomatic push comes to military shove, Australia has the credible capacity to protect itself.
AUKUS open to co-operation with key allies
AUKUS architect and former prime minister Scott Morrison and the Coalition have welcomed the announcement on the pact but experts warn that the priority of the agreement should remain the three founding members.
Independence or cowering vassal state?
Arguments raised by Gareth Evans against our reliance on AUKUS for our national security have some merit, but only in the context of the Albanese government’s assumption that rhetoric can substitute for action.
AUKUS originals to embrace threesome – that’s pillar talk
Australia, the US and Britain will open the door to AUKUS co-operation with South Korea, New Zealand and Canada in a potential expansion of the pact’s so-called ‘Pillar II’ partnership.
Why AUKUS is not in Australia’s interests – a response by Labor’s elder statesmen
Paul Keating, Bob Carr and I seem to have jangled a few security establishment nerves with our critique of the AUKUS submarine deal.
AUKUS one of the worst decisions in Australia’s history: Evans
Gareth Evans has slammed the AUKUS submarine deal, saying it will cede sovereignty to the US and saddle the nation with exorbitant costs for dubious benefit.
Blast for Labor elders over AUKUS
The key architects of the past 40 years of Australian defence policy have criticised claims by Paul Keating, Gareth Evans and Bob Carr that AUKUS will undermine the nation’s sovereignty.
Why defending Australia is not ‘immoral’
How should one respond to an argument that we should not defend our country at all, if it was invaded by China, or some other hypothetical enemy?
AUKUS nuclear submarines will also be a game-changer for the army
The Australian Army will need to be able to conduct special operations with submarine support in our region – as we did in the Pacific War.
Allied industrial base integration key to security
The AUKUS trilateral security partnership between the US, Australia and Britain represents a fundamental re-imagining of Australia’s national security framework.
What will Australia contribute to AUKUS Pillar 2?
The success of the AUKUS vision of a tri-nation security partnership to deliver next generation warfighting capabilities demands much of each partner nation.
‘Broaden AUKUS to cover SAS-SEALs ties’
Leading defence experts have backed a proposal from opposition defence spokesman Andrew Hastie to expand the AUKUS framework to cover co-operation between the SAS and US Navy SEALs.
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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