Hours after landing in Washington, PM Anthony Albanese said US politicians from all sides understood the value of AUKUS and wanted “to get it right”.
: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has played down concerns that time is running out to pass a raft of legislation to facilitate the AUKUS submarine pact, as he embarks on a four-day blitz to lobby members of a divided Congress paralysed by Republican infighting.
Multiple pieces of legislation still need to be passed to make AUKUS a reality, including laws to enable US Virginia-class submarines to be transferred to Australia; a bill that would categorise Australia as a “domestic source” for military production under the US Defence Production Act; and a $3.4 billion White House funding request to strengthen the US Navy’s industrial base amid concerns from some Republicans that AUKUS could stretch it to “breaking point”.
Appearing at the hearing will be some of the defence industry’s top officials, including Department of Defence assistant secretary Mara Karlin, under secretary of the navy Erik Raven and Naval Submarine Forces commander Vice Admiral William Houston. Last week, the party nominated two potential candidates – House Majority leader Steve Scalise and Trump ally Jim Jordan – but neither was able to get the 217 votes needed from their fiercely divided colleagues.
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