AUKUS Is Full Steam Ahead: PM Says as Doubts Resurface

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USS Minnesota (SSN-783) Virginia-class fast attack submarine off the coast of Perth, Western Australia, on March 16, 2025. AAP Image/Pool, Colin MurtyThe AUKUS agreement is “full steam ahead,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says, despite renewed criticism over the nuclear submarine deal.In the latest alteration to the defence agreement with the United States and the UK, Australia will receive three second-hand Virginia-class nuclear submarines from the United States, despite the original terms of the arrangement stipulating two used and one new boat.

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