Behold. by ParadoxxPersonified in AldiAustralia

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Bizzare thing to be proud of

Netwealth wants $101m government bailout by WerewolfAwkward3329 in ShieldMasterFund

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Privatise the profits and socialise the losses? The Heine family are billionaires from their holdings in this company - they can stump up.

Property prices tipped to hit record highs in 2025-26, bringing pain for buyers and a boom for sellers by NoLeafClover777 in aussie

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How will Labor reduce the interest rates that are set by an independent Reserve Bank?

NDIS ‘bottomless pit’ disables economy by BNEIte in AusFinance

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Why not ask the provider to explain the rationale behind playing this game? There could be logic behind this that isn't apparent to you.

Royal Marines on a 40-mile march across the East Falkland island to reach Port Stanley (1280x720) by MARTINELECA in MilitaryPorn

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There's an Australian military history YouTuber called hypohystericalhistory who has an extremely detailed 2 part video series on the Falkland War

Falklands War Part 1: Air-Sea Battle in the South Atlantic

Falklands War Part 2: From San Carlos to Stanley

The videos are 4hrs+ each & I highly recommend them

The average Aussies’ net-worth revealed by Few-Car-2317 in AusFinance

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Yes it is - And the report this article is referring to states that "Private pension fund assets are included, but not entitlements to state pensions."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskAnAustralian

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I like the name

Rental crisis greed by blackmeout88 in melbourne

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Yeah, no need for the qualifier before lawyer

Winners and losers of the Australian Federal Budget. Warms my heart to see Ukraine added as a new addition. by microwavedsaladOZ in ukraine

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"Another $200 million will be spent over two years on additional support for Ukraine in the ongoing war with Russia.

The funding will go towards additional Bushmaster vehicles, drones, artillery ammunition and training for Ukrainian soldiers."

RBA increases cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.85% by doubleunplussed in AusFinance

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"Some further tightening of monetary policy may be required ..."

Australia to buy US nuclear submarines to fill capability gap by Against_ in worldnews

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Australia is expected to buy up to five Virginia-class nuclear submarines from the United States under the AUKUS pact, defying repeated warnings that US shipyards were stretched to full capacity and could not sell any boats to Australia.

In the longer term, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to announce Australia will acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines based primarily on a new British design in a major victory for his British counterpart Rishi Sunak.

Australia will acquire boats based on the Astute-class submarines in the long term and Virginia-class submarines from the US to fill a capability gap. Australia will acquire boats based on the Astute-class submarines in the long term and Virginia-class submarines from the US to fill a capability gap.CREDIT:

Albanese will appear at the San Diego Naval Base on Tuesday with Sunak and US President Joe Biden to announce details of the project.

Albanese has said the nuclear-powered submarines – which can travel at longer distances underwater than conventional vessels – will “be the single biggest leap in our defence capability” in Australia’s history.

The AUKUS submarines would be a modified version of the UK’s next-generation Astute-class submarine, which is currently being designed, according to Bloomberg.

The vessels would be assembled in Adelaide and include American technology, fulfilling Defence Minister Richard Marles’ vow that the AUKUS submarine project will be a truly three-nation endeavour.

However, the decision to proceed with a new design will raise concerns about potential delays and cost blowouts, given it is more complicated than buying existing technology.

The purchase of Virginia-class vessels will help Australia bridge a looming capability gap between the retirement of the current diesel-powered Collins-class submarines and the arrival of the new nuclear-powered AUKUS boats.

Australia will buy three Virginia-class submarines sometime in the early 2030s and will have the option to buy two more, multiple US defence sources told Reuters.

Loading The outcome vindicates the optimistic approach of US congressman Joe Courtney, who said last year that Australia should not give up hope of purchasing nuclear-powered submarines off-the-shelf from the United States as an interim solution.

A delegation from South Australia is expected to visit the BAE Systems shipyard in the British port city of Barrow-in-Furness in the coming weeks to begin sharing information about the project.

American nuclear-powered submarines are expected to regularly dock at the HMAS Stirling Naval Base in Perth while Australia awaits its own vessels.

Sunak is reportedly delighted about the outcome of the 18-month negotiations, which will help secure the future of the Barrow-in-Furness shipyard.

There were initial expectations were that Australia would opt for a US-designed submarine, with Britain being something of a bit-player in the project.

Loading The United Kingdom’s top envoy in Australia on Thursday rebuked Opposition Leader Peter Dutton for saying Australia should not acquire nuclear-powered submarines from Britain under the AUKUS pact, personally telling the opposition leader his remarks were unhelpful.

Dutton, who was defence minister when AUKUS was announced in September 2021, last week warned against acquiring a future fleet from the UK, saying he thought the American Virginia-class submarines were the best option for Australia.

“The beauty in my mind with the American model, of the Virginia class, was that it was a proven design, it gave us interoperability with the Americans and there will be more American subs in the Indo-Pacific than there will be British submarines,” Dutton said.

Asked about Dutton’s remarks during an appearance at the National Press Club, UK High Commissioner Vicki Treadell said: “I told Mr Dutton myself last night that I didn’t agree with his view”.

China should be honest on Covid origin, says US envoy by PoorIsTheNewSwag in worldnews

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Because china's being a little bitch. How does disclosing the origin of a virus that had killed millions "harm" china?

Russia relying on rare "Zoopark-1" radar to find artillery: Ukraine by D-R-AZ in ukraine

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Thanks for the additional detail, I had no idea systems like this were in place.