Australian nuclear news – week to 6th June

• This is how billionaires buy the news.
• The Hand-Me-Down Alliance: Australia, AUKUS and Op-Shop Submarines. 
• Will AUKUS keep us safe – at what cost? AUKUS- From ‘best’ we’ll never get to second hand subs. 
• Peter Garrett to head independent inquiry into the Aukus submarine pact. 
• Husic breaks ranks to demand rethink of Labor’s support for AUKUS. 
• Labor MP Ed Husic challenges Albanese to reconsider AUKUS submarine deal. 
• Richard Marles accepts used submarines in AUKUS setback. 
• US to send only used nuclear subs to Australia in amended defence deal. 
• Former Ambassador Joe Hockey says he is nervous about AUKUS – and wants Albanese to cold-call Trump.  
• Royal Commission under fire for excluding Palestinian perspectives.

June 5, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized