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Aukus countries will carry cargo for uncrewed submarine vehicles
Pentagon chief says US, Australia and UK are developing high-tech payloads for uncrewed undersea vehicles under trilateral security partnership Pete Hegseth It was announced on Saturday.
Hegseth met with his Australian and British counterparts during the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, where they reviewed progress on the Aukus pact, which aims to strengthen their presence in the Indo-Pacific and beyond, Agence France-Presse reported.
“Today, we are pleased to announce the first AUKUS Pillar 2 signature project focused on fielding advanced uncrewed undersea vehicles, or UUVs,” Hegseth told reporters at a briefing at the US embassy in Singapore.
“This particular project will deliver a suite of highly adaptable multi-mission UUV payloads designed to support subsea operations and maintain our collective advantage in the maritime domain.”
Pillar 1 of Aukus focuses on Australia’s acquisition of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines, while Pillar 2 brings together the capabilities of each country’s defense sector to develop advanced military capabilities.
The pact is framed as supporting a “free and open Indo-Pacific” but is widely seen as a bulwark against a rising China that fiercely opposes it.
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Pauline Hanson says she could become prime minister
Tom McIlroy
Pauline Hanson He told Sky News he was actively considering running for the lower house at the next election and could serve as prime minister.
Hanson says returning to the lower house, where he was first elected in 1996, “is something to consider anyway.”
One Nation is rising in opinion polls, gaining more than 20 percent support. The next election is expected to be held in early 2028.
“But I’m not making a decision right now and I’m not going to tell anyone what I’m doing right now because I haven’t made a clear decision,” Hanson said.
When asked if he wanted to be Prime Minister, Hanson said he would “not quit”.
I believe I have the ability to do this. I’m not going to belittle myself or say ‘no, I can’t do this’ because, you know, look at what we have right now, to be really honest, so we’re in a mess.
Hanson supports Taylor’s tax indexation plan
Tom McIlroy
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson supported Angus Taylor The company, which plans to index Australia’s tax thresholds, told Sky News they “always keep moving”.
Hanson said he wanted to take a look at tax policy before the next election, proposing an “overhaul” to “make it a fairer system.”
People who work overtime, they work 40 hours a week or 38 hours a week, they work overtime, they’re taxed to the max, and I think we need to overhaul the whole taxation system.
Taylor’s plan is designed to combat bracket creep and would cost at least $22.5 billion.
Hanson admitted campaigning this week that he did not know the details of Labour’s plans for negative gearing, capital gains tax and trusts. Labor has already passed legislation on budget changes.
Hanson stated that he was concerned about the government’s inclusion of tax cuts in the law, describing it as “a ploy by the Labor Party to squeeze the opposition and smaller parties”.
Continuing report from Agence France-Presse: British defense minister John Healey He said the planned technology, a set of cutting-edge sensors and weapons systems for undersea unmanned aerial vehicles, would “quickly provide our forces with the most advanced battlefield technologies.”
Healey added that the systems will be applied to crewless underwater vessels.
Protecting underwater infrastructure was the main topic of discussion at Asia’s premier annual defense summit, held at a hotel in Ingapur.
“The seabed has become a major area of contention over the last 18 months,” Australia’s defense minister said. Richard MarlesI told the delegates before.
We have witnessed a series of attacks against undersea critical infrastructures of a historically unprecedented scale and frequency.
In the last two years, there have been many incidents of seabed cables being damaged by ships, both in the Baltic and the Asian region.
Almost all of Australia’s internet traffic flows through just 15 undersea cables, Canberra’s top diplomat said.
Our ability to operate as a modern economy and functioning state is critically dependent on fully exposed, immobile infrastructure.
As we now see demonstrated in the Baltic, [it] It can be cut with a hoe at midnight.
You can read more about Marles’ warning from the reporter here Ben Doherty:
Aukus countries will carry cargo for uncrewed submarine vehicles
Pentagon chief says US, Australia and UK are developing high-tech payloads for uncrewed undersea vehicles under trilateral security partnership Pete Hegseth It was announced on Saturday.
Hegseth met with his Australian and British counterparts during the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, where they reviewed progress on the Aukus pact, which aims to strengthen their presence in the Indo-Pacific and beyond, Agence France-Presse reported.
“Today, we are pleased to announce the first AUKUS Pillar 2 signature project focused on fielding advanced uncrewed undersea vehicles, or UUVs,” Hegseth told reporters at a briefing at the US embassy in Singapore.
“This particular project will deliver a suite of highly adaptable multi-mission UUV payloads designed to support subsea operations and maintain our collective advantage in the maritime domain.”
Pillar 1 of Aukus focuses on Australia’s acquisition of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines, while Pillar 2 brings together the capabilities of each country’s defense sector to develop advanced military capabilities.
The pact is framed as supporting a “free and open Indo-Pacific” but is widely seen as a bulwark against a rising China that fiercely opposes it.
Good morning
hello, this Luca Ittimani Here to fill you in on the news of the day, which has so far emerged on a sunny Sunday morning – at least in Sydney.
Richard Marles The “seabed is a battlefield”, he told a Singapore defense summit as a new Aukus project to protect undersea cables was announced.
And Clare O’Neil He will appear shortly on the ABC’s Insider program to discuss Labour’s latest changes to capital gains tax.
More to come – let’s just say it’s set.
