Australia 'freeloading' on US: Anniversary provides chance to recalibrate ANZUS alliance | The World

Australia 'freeloading' on US: Anniversary provides chance to recalibrate ANZUS alliance | The World

Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of the ANZUS treaty - an agreement signed in the aftermath of World War II and a centrepiece of Australia's enduring alliance with the United States.

But the Sydney Morning Herald's International Editor, Peter Hartcher, says the relationship does need to change as the regional dynamic shifts - and the anniversary coincides with an international crisis in Afghanistan.

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