One in 10 submariners serving on the US Navy’s prized nuclear submarines in the western Pacific will soon be Australian,a visiting admiral has revealed.
With an election looming,the Albanese government is running out of time to get a raft of reforms through.
We will host but not operate AUKUS submarines supplied by the US and Britain. The notion of building our own would be funny if there wasn’t so much at stake.
Critics of the AUKUS pact argue the submarine plan is failing and could collapse at any moment. In the real world,significant progress is being made.
Elbridge Colby is a self-proclaimed “big fan” of Australia. When it comes to nuclear-powered submarines,he has changed his mind.
The more the US depends on Australia,the more likely it will defend it,runs the logic. But if Trump returns to the White House,a rethink will be required.
Kevin Rudd may have called him “nuts”,but a re-elected Donald Trump would learn the former PM is a crafty diplomat,not easily intimidated.
Despite Donald Trump’s resilience after the shooting,the former House Speaker noted that Trump “seems a little different”.
With Biden refusing to quit,the Democrats have been left searching for an ‘executable,pragmatic pathway’ to win the November 5 election
In Washington for the NATO summit,Richard Marles has thrown his support behind the US president,praising the global alliances forged under his administration.
Chris Miller’s tenure as Donald Trump’s defence secretary was a brief 72 days. He’s now considered a possibility to return to the job in a second Trump administration.