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Trump Review Looms as Australia Makes US$525 Million Aukus Payment
NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, JUL 23 – Australia has paid $1.6 billion of its $3 billion AUKUS pledge to the US for submarine construction during an ongoing Pentagon review of the pact's implementation.
- Australia quietly paid during the second quarter of this year, an $800 million instalment under the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal.
- In June, US President Donald Trump initiated the review, and the Pentagon confirmed it on June 11, after Richard Marles said the Australian government was informed weeks earlier.
- Concerns emerged over how Australia would use the submarines in a China conflict, as the US review assesses US submarine production capacity and Australia’s commitments.
- The policy expert said `There's been no deviation on AUKUS from this government`, adding `What this shows is a redoubling of the commitment`.
- The remaining US$1 billion will be paid over 10 years in inflation-adjusted instalments.
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Australia pays US another $525 million to bolster AUKUS industrial base
“There's a schedule of payments to be made. We have an agreement with the United States as well as with the United Kingdom, it is about increasing their capacity, their industrial capacity,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.
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