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Australia’s 47th parliament recapped.

Albanese started his prime ministership on a high. Then in one month, things started to unravel

A record-breaking election and one month that changed it all: we recap the highs and lows of the 47th parliament.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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USS Minnesota (SSN-783) Virginia-class fast attack submarine off the WA Coast.

Australia is buying the ‘best submarines in the world’. Here’s what we’ll get

One of the US Navy’s most prized assets – a Virginia-class nuclear submarine – has been visiting Australia. We stepped aboard for a rare tour.

  • Matthew Knott

Trump’s rocked the boat, but now’s not the time to bail on AUKUS

The shared strategic interests between Australia and the US are more aligned now than at any time since World War II. Catastrophising every US move only casts doubt on our own reliability as an ally.

  • Jennifer Parker
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton should get together and work out how Australia will manage security in the new era of Donald Trump.

The US used to be a comforting blanket. Now, it’s the monster under the bed

Our security alliance with the US used to make us feel safe from threats lurking in the dark. Not anymore.

  • Melanie La'Brooy
US President Donald Trump has not provided Australia with an exemption to steel and aluminium tariffs.

‘We need a plan B’: Admiral’s call for AUKUS rethink over unreliable Trump

Former Defence Force chief Chris Barrie says he has watched with alarm as the US president upends traditional alliances. 

  • Matthew Knott
US president Donald Trump welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House before the Oval Office bust-up.

Trump’s Russia-Ukraine approach brings uncertainty to all nations

An end to the war on the terms proposed by Donald Trump’s administration would give Vladimir Putin a victory and change the calculus in conflicts around the world.

  • The Age's View
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Elbridge Colby

Trump admin to Australia: spending $56 billion on defence isn’t enough by half

One of Trump’s top Pentagon picks, Elbridge Colby, made the United States’ first explicit call for Australia to massively increase defence spending to counter China.

  • Matthew Knott
Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese.

Albanese’s new headache: Australians no longer believe America will protect them

A potentially historic shift is under way in how Australians view our relationship with the United States.

  • Dr Emma Shortis
Illustration by Joe Benke

It’s clear that Trump is an agent of Putin. All US allies should be alarmed

With the US president parroting Putin talking points, America’s allies must rethink their security strategies.

  • Peter Hartcher

Four weird moments from the Trump-Starmer meeting – and what they can teach Albanese

With talk of “a true friend in the Oval Office” and praise for a “hard-working” Starmer, the optics of the meeting were warm. But there were awkward moments.

  • Michael Koziol

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