AUKUS is a security partnership between Australia, the US and the UK. Under the agreement, the US and UK will support Australia to build five nuclear submarines, which it will begin to receive in the early 2040s. Australia also intends to purchase three Virginia-class nuclear submarines from the US in the 2030s. The three countries have also agreed to collaborate on research into cyber, quantum and hypersonic technologies.

Nuclear submarines are around three times faster than conventional submarines and can operate without resurfacing for significantly longer periods of time, as a result of not needing to refuel.

Australian defence funding is expected to grow from 2.04% of GDP in 2023 to 2.3% of GDP in 2030 with significant cuts to the army and small cuts to the airforce to account for substantially greater funding to the navy.

Lotteries are a form of gambling conducted on a large scale, often with few winners. In many jurisdictions, these games are operated by governments (for example NSW Lotteries, and the vast majority of US States).

Daniel Halemba is a German politician who was recently elected to the Bavarian Parliament as a member of the far right ‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD) party. Hours before he would receive immunity from prosecution as a Member of Parliament, he was arrested following a police raid which found prohibited Nazi iconography in a fraternity to which he belongs.

Credit unions are non-profit-making money cooperatives whose members can borrow from pooled deposits at low interest rates.