Senators Introduce New Legislation to Streamline AUKUS Collaboration

Cook heading to UK to plea AUKUS deal

Premier Roger Cook heads to the UK this week to push WA’s case for why the shaky AUKUS deal should proceed, amid fears Donald Trump will torpedo the $368 billion agreement.

Britain’s support for AUKUS is unwavering - but its capacity to deliver is another matter

Keir Starmer’s government, like those before it, is firmly behind the AUKUS pact. But there are some doubts the UK can provide the required submarines on time.

Senators introduce new legislation to streamline AUKUS collaboration

A bipartisan group of senators today announced the introduction of a new piece of legislation aimed at strengthening the AUKUS security pact between the United States, United Kingdom and Australia by streamlining defense industrial base collaboration between the three nations. Co-sponsored by Senate Armed Services seapower subcommittee Ranking Member Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Foreign Relations Committee member Pete Rickets (R-NE), this new “AUKUS Imp…

Labor pushes AUKUS in key call

Australia’s top diplomat has made the case for AUKUS directly with her US counterpart as it remains unclear when Anthony Albanese will meet Donald Trump.

Trump assurance of US support for Aukus to Starmer some consolation for Albanese after meet cancelled

A much-vaunted meeting between Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Mr Donald Trump to discuss the future of a tripartite security pact that also involves the UK did not take place as planned at the G-7 Summit in Calgary. Nevertheless, Canberra’s concerns about the US commitment to Aukus were partially assuaged when British Prime Minister Keir Starmer appeared to secure the backing of the mercurial Mr Trump for the deal. Read more at s…

UK view of AUKUS debate in Australia | The Australian Naval Institute

Communication was initially one of the bigger issues for AUKUS, particularly Pillar I. Shrouded in secrecy, all three members had some degree of international diplomatic reassurance to conduct after the agreement was announced, with Indo-Pacific nations in particular questioning the impact it would have on regional stability. (From Britain’s world.) Within the domestic contexts of […]