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Defence Minister Richard Marles with his UK counterpart John Healey.

Beer-lateral relationship between Australia and the UK strengthened

Ministers toast the “Geelong Treaty” with a pint of pale ale.

  • Bianca Hall

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Defence Minister Richard Marles, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Foreign Minister Penny Wong and UK Defence Secretary John Healey at Admiralty House in Kirribilli, Sydney on Friday.

Britain pledges 50-year AUKUS support in message to Trump

The UK government will sign a 50-year treaty with Australia to cement the AUKUS defence pact in a massive strategic and financial deal.

  • David Crowe and Matthew Knott
Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota docked at HMAS Stirling in February.

Scott Morrison thinks this beachside port should house Australia’s next joint US base

The former prime minister thinks a joint naval base south of Perth could help get the AUKUS deal over the line. But will it happen?

  • Holly Thompson and Cameron Myles
Former prime minister Scott Morrison appeared at a congressional hearing on the Chinese Communist Party in Washington.

Turn AUKUS shipyard into joint naval base with the US, Morrison urges

The former prime minister, who signed Australia up to AUKUS in 2021, said the Trump administration was raising “legitimate issues” with the deal, but they could be resolved.

  • Michael Koziol
Defence Minister Richard Marles (left) said his US counterpart, Pete Hegseth, gave him a heads-up about the AUKUS review.

Australia quietly pays US another $800 million for AUKUS despite review

The second payment, made in the second quarter of this year, takes Australia’s contribution to the US industrial base to $1.6 billion with no guarantee AUKUS will continue.

  • Michael Koziol
House push to build more ships has questioned Australia’s commitment to AUKUS and its readiness to help the US fight China.

‘Noticeably fickle’: Trump’s new submarine chief a critic of Australia

Jerry Hendrix, who leads a White House push to build more ships and submarines, has often questioned Australia’s commitment to AUKUS and its readiness to help the US fight China.

  • Michael Koziol
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“I don’t identify as a member of the national security community”: Elbridge Colby says he maintains a maverick streak.

‘Bridge’ Colby: Who is the ‘maverick’ putting AUKUS through the wringer?

The China hawk, who is now third-in-charge at the Pentagon and is reviewing the submarine deal, has quickly courted controversy. So what does he want from Australia?

  • Michael Koziol
Australian ambassador to the United States, Kevin Rudd, at the Aspen Security Forum.

Rudd pushes back on US claim that Australia needs to ‘step up’ on defence

“We’re pretty bullish about our contribution,” Australia’s ambassador to the US said amid calls for Canberra to increase defence spending as part of the AUKUS agreement.

  • Michael Koziol
AUKUS critic Elbridge Colby and Anthony Albanese.

He’s a sceptic. So what might Colby recommend to Trump on AUKUS?

Donald Trump’s defence undersecretary Elbridge Colby is reviewing the AUKUS pact and could suggest big changes, but defence experts say some of those ideas are non-starters.

  • Brittany Busch

There’s no free lunch with Xi, as Trump will surely remind Albanese

The prime minister could not escape the incendiary matter of Taiwan on his tour of China, even while it’s unclear where Donald Trump stands.

  • Richard McGregor

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