Australia news live: Aukus nations to develop uncrewed vehicles to protect undersea cables; Hanson says she could be PM

Marles tells Shangri-La Dialogue delegates that ‘seabed is a battlefield’. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Pauline Hanson tells Sky News she is actively considering moving to the lower house at the next election and that she could do the job of prime minister. Hanson says a move back to the lower house, where she was first elected in 1996, is “a consideration by all means”. I believe that I have the ability to do it. I’m not going to underesti...

By Luca Ittimani

Australia to receive only used nuclear submarines from US in amended defence deal

The United States will only send used nuclear-powered submarines to Australia as part of an agreement to "streamline" the AUKUS defence deal, in a move branded on Sunday as a "cost-effective" Defence Minister Richard Marles. Australia is expected to receive at least three so-called "Virginia-class" nuclear-powered submarines from the United States within 15 years.

By FRANCE 24

AUKUS to develop unmanned undersea vehicles, Pentagon chief says

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AUKUS nations to develop payloads for uncrewed undersea vehicles

The U.S. defense secretary met his Australian and British counterparts on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, where they reviewed progress on the AUKUS pact.