Australia will control nuclear submarines in any conflict with Aukus partners, Albanese says

The PM insists Australia will maintain its sovereignty in the event of a disagreement with the US or UK on military strategy

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Anthony Albanese has signalled Australia will retain full operational control of nuclear submarines acquired under the Aukus pact in any circumstances where there was a conflict over military strategy with the US and UK.

During the second world war, then Australian prime minister John Curtin found himself in direct conflict with the British government when Winston Churchill demanded Australian troops be deployed to Burma. But Curtin insisted troops return to defend Australia after the fall of Singapore in 1942.

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