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Aukus

June 2026

  • A Virginia-class attack submarine on display and draped with a US flag

    Greens warn nuclear submarines deal risks war with China as Albanese says Aukus ‘full-steam ahead’

  • Pete Hegseth, Richard Marles and John Healey stand in front of their countries' flags at an Aukus meeting in Singapore

    Full Story
    The Sunday Read: Will Australia stand for how the US treats its allies? – Full Story podcast

    Podcast06:04
  • Labor member for Chifley Ed Husic speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

    Ed Husic revels in his rebel status – but is the former Labor minister bitter or brave?

  • Tom McIlroy

    double quotation markAmid choppy waters around ‘secondhand subs’ and Trump, Labor’s sensitivity about the Aukus debate is growing

    Tom McIlroy

  • Australian Politics
    The case for Aukus, with defence industry minister Pat Conroy – Australian Politics podcast

    Podcast27:02

  • Is the Aukus agreement really value for money?

  • Minister dismisses Labor colleague Ed Husic’s criticism of secondhand Aukus submarines deal as ‘disingenuous’

  • double quotation markWhat’s a few secondhand subs between friends? Aukus revision shows how the US treats its allies. Will Australia stand for it?

    Emma Shortis

  • ‘Not the deal promised’: Labor’s Ed Husic questions Aukus pact that will deliver secondhand subs

  • Full Story
    Peter Garrett on why Australians deserve the truth about Aukus – Full Story podcast

    Podcast24:39

  • Peter Garrett to head independent inquiry into the Aukus submarine pact

May 2026

  • Instead of getting at least one brand new Virginia-class submarine Australia will buy only second-hand models.

    Major Aukus switch to buy only secondhand subs from US means ‘significant’ cost savings, Marles says

  • US Navy officers stand guard aboard Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN-783) in 2025.

    Australia to buy only secondhand nuclear subs from US in major Aukus switch – as it happened

  • Australian defence minister Richard Marles

    New Aukus drone tech to protect critical undersea cables as Marles warns: ‘seabed is a battlefield’

  • The defence minister, Richard Marle

    Australian taxpayers to pay $11bn to extend lifespan of ageing Collins-class submarines amid Aukus delay

  • Aukus nuclear submarine base would ‘place a massive target on our backs’, NSW labour union warns

  • As Aukus spending and delays blow out, will Australia’s nuclear submarines ever materialise?

  • Secret documents reveal preferred Australian nuclear submarine base – and warn it could be a military target

  • Aukus costs balloon with more cash and staff for submarine agency amid ongoing search for nuclear waste dump

  • Will the evolution of Labor’s left from firebrands to centrists define Albanese’s leadership?

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