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AUKUS at Scale: An Independent Ledger of Australia's Largest Defence Commitment
What is known, what is disclosed, and what Australians still cannot see about the AUKUS partnership.
AUKUS is the largest single defence undertaking in Australia's modern history. The volume of disclosure does not match the volume of expenditure. This report frames what has been publicly committed, where the disclosure record is thin, and how independent researchers can maintain a durable ledger across political cycles.
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