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The whiff of US indecision over Aukus feeds into long-term criticism in some quarters that Australia is becoming too reliant on the country.

“I became way too reliant on AI … so I had to turn it off and re-learn some skills.”

"Maybe we have been too reliant on Nasa the big player to carry a lot of the emphasis in space," he told BBC News.

But Reform UK received £2.8m in donations last year, so the party isn't reliant on his money.

For example, car batteries are often reliant on lithium, while indium is a rare metal used for touch screens.