Two of the bigger issues to be discussed at the Australian Labor Party’s upcoming national conference will be AUKUS and Australian recognition of Palestine.
Letter writers this week discuss the AUKUS subs deal, unnecessary Voice, Paul Keating's defence of China, Nazis in Melbourne and a reduction in domestic violence.
Nuclear submarines will enable Australia to protect its sea trade routes, the defence minister says, after government backbenchers questioned the need for the technology.
Highly trained US submariners live in tight and tough conditions aboard their nuclear-powered vessels but they're immensely proud of the dangerous work they do deep below the surface of the sea.
A deal between the United Kingdom, United States and Australia to develop a new generation of nuclear-powered submarines will be "a disaster" if it goes wrong, former UK defence chiefs have warned.
Anthony Albanese says Australia's relationship with China is markedly different to what it was three decades ago after Paul Keating attacked his government's acquisition of nuclear submarines.Â
Paul Keating has launched a scathing attack on the AUKUS security arrangement, calling it irrational and an affront to Australia's public administration.
Plans for the disposal of toxic waste from Australia's new fleet of nuclear submarines will be under way within a year as environmentalists raise concerns over the impact of the landmark defence program.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says there's no way to sugar coat Australia's massive spend on nuclear submarines and the government needs to come clean on any debts or cuts.Â
In an update to Britain's foreign policy framework, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will spend an extra five billion pounds ($A9.1 billion) to replenish ammunition stocks and fund the next phase of a submarine pact with the United States and Australia.
Concerns over joint-crewing on Australia's future nuclear-powered submarines are "over-hyped" with the AUKUS partnership to be "transformational" for the nation's workers.
Australia's first batch of nuclear-powered submarines could arrive earlier via the United States, as Anthony Albanese reaffirms the country's commitment to the AUKUS treaty.
