Reference Documents

This page contains documents which detail the official details of government agreements, announcements, reports, etc of relevance to our IPAN campaign

ALP Policy on AUKUS Adopted 18 August 2023

US Government Details of AUKUS Pillar 2 – May 2024

US Government Fact Sheet on details of AUKUS pact regarding nuclear submarines – March 2023

Australian Submarine Agency to oversea AUKUS Nuclear Powered Submarine program 1 July 2023

Australian Government factsheet on AUKUS 14 March 2023

The AUKUS Nuclear Powered Submarine “Pathway” – Federal Government announcement 14 March 2023

Joint Statement Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2022

US Congress Research Service – Great Power Competition and US Defence Policy – November 2022

U.S. Defense Strategy 2023 – October 2022

United States Indo-Pacific Strategy – February 2022

AUKUS Announcement – September 16, 2021

AUSMIN Joint Communiques 2009 – 2021

US Congress Research Service – US Role in the World – Jan 2021

Australian Government Defence Strategic Update 2020

Chinese Government Defence White Paper 2019

Australian Government Defence White Paper 2016

Force Posture Agreement between Australian and US Governments (FPA)  –  March 2015

Malcolm Fraser Whitlam Oration 2012- Dangerous Allies

Australian Government Defence Force Posture Review 2012

Gillard Obama Force Posture Initiative Nov 16, 2011

The Treaty of Rarotonga, the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, 1986

Status of Forces Agreement, (SOFA)  US and Australia, 1963

ANZUS Treaty 1952