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Austal, AUKUS and an ownership mud wrestle","url":"https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/opinion-a-welcome-wildcat-austal-aukus-and-an-ownership-mud-wrestle","summary":"Who owns and controls Western Australian shipbuilder Austal matters to Australian, American, Japanese and South Korean national security. And there’s an arm wrestle that looks like turning into a mud wrestle over that question of ownership between Korea’s Hanwha Group and a low profile US private equity company, Wildcat . Who cares who owns the private company that is Austal? Australian taxpayers should, and so should ministers Richard Marles and Pat Conroy and the hard…","published":"2026-09-29T08:54:00Z","seen":"2026-09-29T09:40:56Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-bairdmaritime-com-f40416","name":"bairdmaritime.com","domain":"bairdmaritime.com"},"via":"kite-bairdmaritime-com-f40416","topics":["maritime","security","security vessel shipbuilding","security features/opinion","shipbuilding features","non-naval security","naval ships","naval submersibles"],"entities":[{"id":"Q780696","name":"Austal","type":"org"},{"id":"Q108556886","name":"AUKUS","type":"org"}],"image":"https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-29/mkyfn4le/Screenshot-2026-09-29-at-10-38-02-DJI0279.JPG-JPEG-Image-4000-%C3%97-3000-pixels-%E2%80%94-Scaled-18.jpg?w=280","story":"st_2tnfkvi3mpwwotahluvq","category":"sport","category_p":0.21,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.17,"political":0.03},{"id":"n_on6lej4uc5to4o3xxziq","seq":609910,"kind":"article","title":"South Korean Submarines Could Save Australia From the AUKUS Shambles","url":"https://thediplomat.com/2026/09/south-korean-submarines-could-save-australia-from-the-aukus-shambles","published":"2026-09-29T07:50:40Z","seen":"2026-09-29T07:50:40Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"thediplomat.com","name":"thediplomat.com","domain":"thediplomat.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7730237","name":"The Diplomat","type":"newspaper","country":"US","designations":["online magazine","online newspaper","wide show"]}},"via":"gdelt-gkg-english","topics":["economy","business","education","security"],"entities":[{"id":"Q884","name":"South Korea","type":"place"},{"id":"Q408","name":"Australia","type":"place"},{"id":"Q108556886","name":"AUKUS","type":"org"}],"mentions":2,"story":"st_on6lej4uc5to4o3xxziq","category":"science-technology","category_p":0.22,"sentiment":"positive","tone":0.07,"political":0.38},{"id":"n_57h3fiv2me3dxj3dolaa","seq":641266,"kind":"article","title":"AUKUS public inquiry asks what Parliament wont","url":"http://www.sydneysun.com/news/279339723/aukus-public-inquiry-asks-what-parliament-wont","summary":"With AUKUS costs soaring and scrutiny lacking, a public inquiry is asking the questions Parliament has failed to confront, writes DrJohn Jiggens. 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