US Navy says 2,300 Americans expected at Perth AUKUS base
Cook says the AUKUS facility will remain Australian, while officials plan for more than 2,300 US personnel to support submarine rotations.
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‘It won’t be a US military base’: Cook stands firm on HMAS Stirling future
WA Premier Roger Cook has backed the stance of the Albanese government that the US Navy presence in the state will not be a US base on Australian soil.
US Navy says 2,300 Americans expected at Perth AUKUS base
The ranks of civilian and military workers at an AUKUS base in Western Australia are set to swell to 2,300 Americans, many more than previously indicated. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s Board of Peace has issued its first construction contract in Gaza. The post US Navy says 2,300 Americans expected at Perth AUKUS base appeared first on Crikey.
The continuing politics of evasion
A US base by any other nameThe arrival of up to 2,300 US naval personnel, civilian employees, contractors and their family members, should finally end the political charade that HMAS Stirling in Perth is only hosting a short-term submarine rotation. The US Navy has established “Naval Support Activity Stirling” to provide housing, healthcare, childcare and recreation for this personnel, which suggests that it’s not creating the infrastructure of …
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