Aussieiuszko

Good on 'em all, especially the newspaper salesmen. I'd love to know what the old cunt said behind the beep.

The House of Commons Defence Committee has announced it is putting the AUKUS partnership under the microscope.

The trilateral pact is supposed to see Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines, at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars.

They should scrap uniforms entirely imo

Australia currently spends around 2.3 per cent of our GDP on the aged pension, but that figure is falling (gross domestic product (GDP) is the value of all the goods and services created in a year).

"It'll go down to around 2 per cent by 2060," says Ms Delahunty.

"This is against a backdrop of an aging population with increased health needs.

"It's bucking the trend internationally. Most OECD countries are [spending] 9 per cent and growing, and they will be above 10 per cent by 2060."

Donald Trump is preparing to unleash sweeping tariffs on US imports tomorrow, on what he is calling Liberation Day.

Australia is anticipating tariffs of up to 20 per cent on all exports to the US but the government has told industry the final outcome is still uncertain.