AUKUS

Australia鈥檚 operation of nuclear-powered submarines will make it the first non-nuclear weapon state to manipulate a loophole in the International Atomic Energy Agency inspection system. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Sydney Anti-AUKUS protest

Protesters demanded AUKUS be scrapped on September 16, a year since it was signed. Kerry Smith reports.

The Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition held a protest and candlelight vigil calling for the nuclear-powered聽submarine deal聽to be scrapped, reports Peter Boyle.

A year after Scott Morrison signed Australia up to the AUKUS 鈥渟ecurity鈥 treaty, the United States and British partners are providing more information about the secretive weapons鈥 arrangement. Pip Hinman reports.

Labor鈥檚 review of Australia鈥檚 defence capability is likely to continue the same big spending on offensive weapons and make the Asia-Pacific an increasingly dangerous place, argues William Briggs.

The AUKUS nuclear submarine deal undermines nuclear non-proliferation, warned anti-war activist Nick Deane at the Sydney Hiroshima Day rally. Video by聽Peter Boyle.

The Australian Anti-AUKUS Coalition is coordinating a nationwide media statement against AUKUS, writes聽Bevan Ramsden.

Gatherings marked the聽anniversary of the US聽bombing of聽Hiroshima and Nagasaki, calling on聽Labor to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear聽Weapons, scrap AUKUS and bring Julian Assange home. Kerry Smith reports.

The billions of聽dollars聽wasted on military spending聽and聽tax cuts for the rich should be used to fund renewables,聽argues聽Peter Boyle.听

The ABC聽says China is聽making 鈥渙utlandish鈥 claims about Australia. But Tomahawk Cruise missiles on Australian vessels, nuclear-powered submarines and聽integration of NATO into the Indo-Pacific all point in one direction, argues William Briggs.

Conservative Australian think tanks, loaded with cash from United States鈥 sources and in furious agreement, are delighted with the AUKUS聽pact and its potential for local industries, argues聽Binoy Kampmark.

The AUKUS security partnership, announced last September, has muddied the pool of non-proliferation. Binoy Kampmark reports.