The Western Australian government and UK tech and business groups are among critics of AUKUS’s advanced technology program, warning ‘Pillar II’ is still missing funding, structure and direction four years in.
It comes as a US review of the trilateral pact announced on Thursday threatens to upend the deal entirely and as Australia faces new calls to launch its own probe.
Defence minister Richard Marles in …
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