Australian military
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Australia will be left with no submarines if it abandons Aukus, senior defence official warns
Malcolm Turnbull asks defence department official what Australia would do if the promised Virginia-class and A…
- Anthony Albanese, Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Australian military, Business, China, Critical minerals, Donald Trump, Mining, US defence spending, US news
Australia and the US have signed a critical minerals deal to take on China’s monopoly. Here’s what you need to know
The move is intended to support the supply of minerals to benefit both countries’ commercial and defence indus…
- Asia Pacific, Aukus, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Australian military, Donald Trump, Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Turnbull, Trump administration, US military, US news
Surface tension: could the promised Aukus nuclear submarines simply never be handed over to Australia?
The multi-billion dollar deal was heralded as ensuring the security of the Indo-Pacific. But with America an i…
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‘Extremely capable’ weapons on Chinese warships off Australia’s east coast, NZ government says
New Zealand defence minister Judith Collins says department has ‘never seen a task group of this capability un…
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Lost luggage leaves New Zealand’s band without instruments for Anzac Day at Gallipoli
Bags went missing in Dubai floods, with embassy staff only able to retrieve one instrument and a handful of dr…
- Asia Pacific, Aukus, Australia news, Australian military, Australian security and counter-terrorism, US news
US Congress passes bill allowing sale of Aukus nuclear submarines to Australia
Legislation covering a wide range of military issues clears the way for Virginia class vessels to bolster Paci…
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Australia says AI will be used to help track Chinese submarines under new Aukus plan
Defence minister Richard Marles and counterparts from the UK and US say new technologies will be deployed by m…
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Australian warship HMAS Toowoomba sailed through sensitive Taiwan Strait close to China
Incident comes after maritime altercation between Toowoomba and Chinese warship last week off Japan’s coast th…
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Aukus will ‘get done’ despite jitters in Congress, Biden tells Albanese at White House meeting
Getting approval for nuclear submarine plan through legislature a question of ‘not if, but when’Joe Biden has …
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Aukus could weaken China deterrence,
New report airs arguments for and against nuclear-powered submarine sale to Australia Follow our Australia new…
- Anthony Albanese, Arms trade, Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian military, Europe, Germany, Nato, Olaf Scholz, Paul Keating, Ukraine
Anthony Albanese announces $1bn defence deal with Germany before Nato talks
Berlin to buy 100 Boxer heavy weapon carriers made in Brisbane by German manufacturer RheinmetallFollow our Au…
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Ben Roberts-Smith defamation loss bad news for Seven boss as Nine marks ‘day of justice’
Seven chairman Kerry Stokes, who parachuted the former soldier into a network job in 2015, says ‘the judgment …
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China’s ambassador to Australia says Aukus an ‘unnecessary’ use of taxpayer money and ‘not a good idea’
Xiao Qian suggests improvement in Australian relationship with Beijing possible but would take ‘mutual respect…
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Former SAS soldier arrested and charged in NSW for alleged war crime over killing of Afghan civilian
Oliver Schulz, 41, was arrested in the southern highlands of New South Wales by Australian federal police and …
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After John Howard took Australia to war in Iraq, he was scarcely held to account. Instead, he was re-elected | Paul Daley
On the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Paul Daley maps out the events leading up to Australia’s invo…