It is the first time the Prime Minister has addressed the issue since news broke that the Trump Administration was examining whether the pact aligns with US interests under their ‘America First’ agenda.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Cries of ‘nothing to see here’ from the Albanese Government rang obviously hollow, as the AUKUS deal was put squarely on Donald Trump’s negotiating table.
Jessica Page
The need for the submarines is clear and getting clearer seemingly by the day as China continues to flex its military muscles.
Local industry heavyweights have been invited to join the design process, in a major step forward in the multi-billion dollar plan to turn Henderson into a defence precinct and Perth into the home of AUKUS.
Ahead of an election earlier this month, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised to return to Australian control the Port of Darwin from Chinese company Landbridge Group.
Josh Xiao, Haslinda Amin and Ben Westcott
Audio has emerged of Josh Wilson saying he doesn’t think it’s in Australia’s national interests to be buying nuclear-powered submarines, prompting the Liberals to accuse him of breaching Cabinet solidarity.
Katina Curtis
The longest serving British High Commissioner to Australia has warned against pursuing an AUKUS plan B, saying it would sacrifice four years of momentum.
Jake Dietsch
A flotilla of Chinese warships is expected to track past Australia’s future home of nuclear-powered AUKUS submarines within days as they continue their circumnavigation of the continent.
A record intake of apprentices by submarine builder ASC is proof the AUKUS build-up is gathering pace in Perth’s south.
American nuclear submarine builder HII is working with WA companies to help them get a piece of the AUKUS action.
Joe Spagnolo
Richard Marles has flown to Perth to announce the funding boost and open the training centre that is being hailed a major milestone for WA’s growing defence industry.
Rockingham roads may need a revamp to cope with extra traffic necessary to service AUKUS, with the Federal and State Governments putting two million dollars towards a review.
The future of the Garden Island highway will be debated at Tuesday’s City of Rockingham council meeting.
Rachel Fenner
The commitment to delivering a consolidated, Commonwealth-owned defence precinct at Henderson is vital for our nation’s defence, but it is also monumentally important for WA.
Richard Marles
Tens of billions of dollars will be poured into Henderson shipyard to create a new defence precinct capable of building modern naval ships and maintaining Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines.
Katina Curtis and Jessica Page
The mammoth task of building hundreds of homes in just a few years for AUKUS defence personnel took a major step forward.
Mayors and chief executives from six local governments have returned from the US in their bid to prepare for AUKUS.
Gabrielle Becerra Mellet
Young West Australians will be given an exclusive chance to learn how to build and look after Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines with 200 spots on offer in a new training program.
Defence Minister Richard Marles has promised a decision shortly about what needs to happen at the Henderson precinct – flagging it will involve relocations to separate secure naval work from civilian operators.
American sailors from USS Emory S. Land joined staff at WA Wildlife to lend a hand by cleaning up animal enclosures.
Australian sailors will spend the next fortnight repairing a US nuclear-powered submarine at HMAS Stirling in the first major demonstration of tangible progress under the historic AUKUS agreement.
Josh Zimmerman
Plans for a $740 million redevelopment of HMAS Stirling have been greenlit by Federal Parliament in a boost for WA’s AUKUS preparations.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
Flights are booked and visas have been paid for a $168,000 AUKUS delegation to the US, but the Town of East Fremantle this week came close to cancelling the trip.
Billions of dollars’ worth of military hardware will be able to flow freely between Australia, the US and UK under a ‘generational’ export deal.
