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Erika Olson, Charge d’Affaires, for the United States Embassy in Australia with Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles, and Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy, at the Avalon Air Show, in Victoria, Australia March 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kirsty Needham
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Australia to speed up $1 billion in defence spending in budget: defence minister

Australia and other United States security allies are under pressure from United States President Donald Trump to increase defence spending

Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN-783) is seen off the coast of Western Australia, Australia March 16, 2025. Photo: COLIN MURTY/Pool via REUTERS
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US starts to build submarine presence on strategic Australian coast under AUKUS

Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles listens during the AUKUS Defence Ministers Meeting at Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. Photo: Kin Cheung/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Australia to invest billions of dollars in nuclear submarine shipyard

US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the Australia - United Kingdom - US (AUKUS) partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California US March 13, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
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Australia signs $1.4 billion deal to upgrade navy submarines

US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the Australia - United Kingdom - US (AUKUS) partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California US March 13, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
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Australian diplomat says adding AUKUS partners 'complicated'

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong, South Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles, and South Korea's National Defense Minister Shin Won-sik pose for a photo opportunity during an Australia and South Korea Foreign and Defence Ministers' meeting in Melbourne, Australia, May 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake
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South Korea confirms talks on AUKUS pact with US, UK and Australia

US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the Australia - United Kingdom - US (AUKUS) partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California US 13 March 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
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Australia confident about receiving nuclear submarines even though US funding request cut

U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Navy Gateway Inns and Suites, in San Diego, California U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
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AUKUS, critical minerals in focus for Australian PM on US trip

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the Australia - United Kingdom - U.S. (AUKUS) partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California U.S. March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
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British navy chief says AUKUS submarine project needs 'rat-catchers' not regulators

US President Joe Biden meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California U.S. March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
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Australia PM visits Fiji to discuss nuclear submarines, regional security

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media at Melbourne Commonwealth Parliament Office, in Melbourne, Australia February 11, 2022. Darrian Traynor/Pool via REUTERS
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Australia says defence buildup about peace and stability

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York, U.S. September 23, 2021. John Minchillo/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Post-AUKUS, France turns to Indonesia, eyes Rafale jet sale

Hassan Ahmed Shovon
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QUAD put Bangladesh on the spot. AUKUS has greater implications