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Australia also received 26 combat aircraft from the US, with 82 more on order (see box 3), as well as 8 anti-submarine warfare aircraft from the US and 3 Hobart destroyers from Spain. Australia's imports of major weapons increased 37 percent between 2010 and 2014 and 2014–18, making it the fourth largest importer in the world according to SIPRI.
Australia and the United States are close allies, maintaining a robust relationship underpinned by shared democratic values, common interests, and cultural affinities. Economic, academic, and people-to-people ties are "vibrant and strong", the US Embassy in Canberra notes. [ 1 ]
The US/Australia Parliamentary Friendship Group is a group of elected members of the Parliament of Australia whose aim is to "foster even stronger relations between the two countries (Australia and U.S.) and their elected representatives". The Chairperson is Luke Gosling MP (Solomon, Australian Labor Party) in the Australian House of ...
Australia’s allies the United States, Britain and Canada share concerns that China is attempting to poach Western military expertise. The review recommended strengthening of already-robust ...
Australia and Saudi Arabia established relations following the end of World War II. [1] Saudi Arabia and Australia were part of the joint-alliance with the United States during the Cold War, as both were strongly anti-communist and hostile to the Soviet Union. [2] Once the Cold War came to an end, Saudi Arabia and Australia increased their ...
A U.S. Navy nuclear submarine arrived in Western Australia on Friday as allies Canberra and Washington deepen defence ties and prepare to transfer nuclear submarine capability to Australia. The U ...
Albanese added that "For our interests going forward, we have no closer friends than Papua New Guinea". [19] In December 2024, PNG reached an agreement to join Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL), securing a landmark deal worth A$600 million over ten years to establish a team in Port Moresby by 2028.
Australia's top independent producer, Whitehaven Coal, and New Hope Group said they have been approached to supply countries, including Poland, which have traditionally relied on Russian coal.