The Latest Breaking News from AUKUS

Exclusive: the 17-month-old department has lost a senior leader and ranked second worst for staff wellbeing in the annual public service census

The September quarter saw Australia’s economy experience its weakest growth in decades (outside of the pandemic), and the government is considering taking more power bill discounts to the next election.

It depends on how you ask the question…

Australia should send more warships to the Taiwan Strait, Taipei says, after its vessels and others from Japan an New Zealand conducted patrols in September.

Between the investigations into Thales and the legal action of his chief of staff, it’s getting harder for the media to ignore the flaws of Richard Marles.

Given the United States is Australia’s most consequential military ally, it is natural to consider what Donald Trump’s return to the White House will mean for the future of Australian defence policy – especially the AUKUS agreement.

A new office for specialists which will help deliver the Aukus nuclear submarine programme is opening in Glasgow ...

Maria Eagle also said the Government does not foresee any capability gaps as it retires older Royal Navy vessels.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese didn’t see this coming. At the global COP29 climate talks in Baku, the Australian government was indirectly criticised by two allies, the United States and the United Kingdom, over its refusal to sign onto the goal of tripling nuclear power globally by 2050.

Shipyards will not meet goal of 1.5 boats a year by 2025 to be on track to provide Australia with three Virginia-class submarines, program chief says

Challenging issues including the future of the AUKUS subs deal and the next Trump presidency will be scrutinised at a defence conference in Adelaide.