Canberra has sent the first down payment of a total $4.7 billion to prop up US shipbuilding efforts ahead of the planned ...

Under AUKUS, Australia will pay the United States $3 billion to boost the capacity of the U.S. submarine industry, and ...

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles is in Washington for AUKUS discussions with newly appointed US Defence Secretary Pete ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump supported the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, after Australia ...

Pete Hegseth hosted Richard Marles in Washington on Saturday in his first meeting with a foreign counterpart since he was ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Donald Trump is "supportive" of the AUKUS alliance, after Australia sent a $US500 ...

There had been uncertainty about the future of the AUKUS security partnership under a second Trump administration, but the US ...

Defence Minister Richard Marles has met his newly appointed US counterpart Pete Hegseth in Washington D.C, spruiking ...

Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles is heading to Washington DC to talk AUKUS with his new counterpart in Donald ...

Australia has made its first AUKUS down payment to the US, transferring nearly $800m to help boost the country’s submarine ...

Australia transferred the first US$500 million payment after a call between Mr Marles and Mr Hegseth. Read more at ...