The name of the letter as dali weekly newsletter from the Australia office. Sign up to get it by email. twitter typo indiscussed by Julia Bergin, a reporter who roams widely in Australia. Joint training exercises near Darwin with American and Australian troops are made more complex. At the same time, the AUKUS agreement – with its big-ticket item of nuclear-powered submarines – continues to advance. What does it all add up to? relentless James Curran, a historian at the University of Sydney, wrote last year how as some of these plans came together: “The permanent American military activity on Australian soil is now at a level unprecedented since the Second World War.” A growing number of critics doubt if Australia is getting enough out of the deal. Supporters (including the major parties in both countries) point out to the U.S. investing greatly in the Australian they. The union has also led to some unpredicted good-looking items. The center of Australia, the U.S.A has extensively expanded the spy base known as Pine Gap.