Military spending boost ‘a likely demand’
The new Trump administration will pressure Australia to lift defence spending and may renegotiate the AUKUS deal to secure more favourable terms for the US, analysts say.
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Dutton says there’s no need to fear return of Trump to power
Peter Dutton says Australia ‘can work with’ Donald Trump in the White House, after Anthony Albanese speaks with the president-elect about the alliance and global trade.
‘Terrifying’: Grim warning after Trump win
Donald Trump’s astonishing victory in the US election has prompted a major warning over hate speech and extremism going on the rise, and renewed calls for Australia to cancel a major security alliance.
Collins subs still up to the job: navy chief
Australia’s Chief of Navy Mark Hammond has blasted ‘criticism and doubt’ over the nation’s Collins-class submarines and their planned AUKUS replacements.
Subs pay deal looms amid Collins crisis
The lucrative agreement could end the short-term industrial impasse that has hurt Australia’s defence capacity, but could also add to the already huge AUKUS budget.
‘Job not done’: Farrell flies out to seal end of lobster, beef bans
Trade Minister Don Farrell will press his Chinese counterpart to remove the remnants of Beijing’s $20bn trade coercion campaign as China’s state media fulminates over Australia’s ‘increasingly aggressive’ AUKUS posture.
Quiet change of plans over AUKUS base
The move has prompted calls from the opposition for greater clarity from the government on the change in approvals plans for the crucial works at HMAS Stirling in WA.
AUKUS is safe no matter who’s in the White House: Austal chair
He was appointed, and then sacked, by Donald Trump as US Navy secretary but Austal chair Richard Spencer is comfortable the future of the alliance is safe.
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AUKUS timeline in question after UK fire
A fire at a major UK shipyard has sparked concerns about whether the AUKUS submarines will be delivered on time.
The doomed conceit of a political AUKUS
AUKUS will not be defeated by its lack of any plausible policy foundation, its unsupported intelligence pronouncements, or the absence of any implementation plan. It will be defeated by its unachievability, as much in Britain and the US as in Australia.
The urgent search for a skilled Australian workforce
Finding thousands of Australians with the right skills to deliver the SSN-AUKUS fleet is a formidable challenges that lie ahead for the nation’s next-generation submarine program.
Joining dots on new subs’ combat systems
Now the Royal Australian Navy has disclosed its plans to acquire two new classes of nuclear-powered submarines, all the dots are finally on the page.
Fire at British sub plant ‘could set back AUKUS’
The Albanese government was scrambling for information on a massive fire at the UK’s main nuclear submarine plant on Wednesday that could set back the AUKUS delivery schedule.
Hard to get bang for your buck when asleep at the wheel
Pat Conroy’s fatuous and preposterous speech to the National Press Club on the coming missile age exemplifies everything that is wrong with defence policy under the Albanese government.
AFP boss discusses AUKUS, poll integrity
AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw will meet British and US counterparts to brief them on the new AUKUS Command, set up to protect the nuclear submarine program.
AUKUS subs plan ‘could be torn up’ if Trump wins
A top adviser has warned there could be dire consequences for Australia’s plans to acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines if Donald Trump wins the US election.
US ‘on track’ to sell Virginia-class subs to Australia
US congressman and leading AUKUS supporter Joe Courtney, has played down the prospect of the US backtracking from its commitment to sell Australia nuclear-powered submarines.
We’ll get free trade pass under Trump
Project 2025 mastermind Kevin Roberts says AUKUS could be a model for Donald Trump’s relations with allies, as he defends his controversial right-wing manifesto from Democrats’ attacks.
Bring France into AUKUS: Boris Johnson
The former UK prime minister recalls the creation of AUKUS and says France should join the nuclear submarine pact.
Alternative AUKUS plan before congress
A leading US naval analyst has proposed to the US congress an AUKUS ‘alternative’ whereby the Americans would operate eight nuclear subs from Australia, but retain full control over them.
China insists: Dance to our tune
The government and opposition should study and absorb Kevin Rudd’s sobering argument that Australia should not be lulled into a false sense of security given the current normalisation of ties with China.
US ‘faces challenges’ to build AUKUS subs
The chair of a powerful US Senate committee says America faces ‘barriers’ in providing nuclear subs to Australia, with Kevin Rudd framing AUKUS as a key response to Xi Jinping’s China.
AUKUS windfall set to put further strain on tight WA jobs market
The plan will cost well over $10bn and will generate around 10,000 jobs, making it the biggest defence commitment in Western Australia since Federation.
Labor elder slams lack of consent on AUKUS
Labor elder Carmen Lawrence says Labor swept aside proper process when it agreed to the AUKUS nuclear submarine pact.
Subs deal ‘risked unity on Ukraine’
Bob Woodward’s new book reveals that Kamala Harris was sent to Paris to repair US-French relations over the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal.
Insider’s view of how AUKUS looks from China
Canberra is an increasing concern for military planners in Beijing who warn, ‘now we can easily reach Australia’.
As Trump closes on victory, Harris Dems will take desperate measures
AUKUS cannot become a reality under the current Biden-Harris policies. While Trump is unpredictable, he’ll spend substantially more on defence and produce a stronger, tougher America. That alone makes him likely the better option for us.
Warning on ‘unacceptable’ China risk to Aus
The US President has been warned there is “no time to wait” on a security deal involving Australia given the “grave and imminent threat” of China in the Indo-Pacific.
Keating takes swipe at AUKUS ministers meeting
Former prime minister Paul Keating has slammed the AUKUS alliance partners for failing to respond to concerns about the future of Australian military sovereignty.
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.
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