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Australia can no longer afford to ignore Russia's expanding naval power in the Pacific

China’s expanding naval presence in the Pacific Ocean and the South and East China seas has become a major focus for Australia, the US and its allies.

The Conversation

Australia and New Zealand leaders seek closer defense ties

Australia and New Zealand leaders have agreed to seek closer defense ties as New Zealand considers sharing advanced military technologies with the United States and Britain through the so-called AUKUS partnership

The Independent UK

Anthony Albanese says Australia isn’t trying to ‘hold back a changing world’ as he defends foreign policy record

Prime minister claims ‘significant progress in the Pacific’ and implicitly rejects criticism of his international travel

The Guardian - AU

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Morning Mail: detention rules secretly lifted, US passes Aukus law, Warner’s timely ton

Minister eases restrictions in apparent bid to thwart legal action; US Congress votes through Aukus rules

The Guardian - AU

US Congress passes bill allowing sale of Aukus nuclear submarines to Australia

Legislation covering a wide range of military issues clears the way for Virginia class vessels to bolster Pacific defence

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand enthusiastic on AUKUS pillar two

Defence Minister Judith Collins says New Zealand joining AUKUS' pillar two would not erode the country's firm anti-nuclear stance.

AAP

Australia welcomes nuclear subs sale breakthrough

A deal that paves the way for US legislation to pass and enable the sale of nuclear-powered submarines to Australia has been welcomed.

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Australia and France sign military access agreement as post-Aukus tensions ease

Reciprocal access to military bases and training facilities to be granted in clear break from diplomatic rupture over failed submarine deal

The Guardian - AU

Australia says AI will be used to help track Chinese submarines under new Aukus plan

Defence minister Richard Marles and counterparts from the UK and US say new technologies will be deployed by militaries

The Guardian - AU

Pentagon forges new high-tech agreement with Australia, United Kingdom, aimed at countering China

The U.S. is expanding its high-tech military cooperation with Australia and the United Kingdom to include underwater drones and electronic warfare, as part of a broader effort to counter China’s rapidly growing influence in the Indo-Pacific

The Independent UK

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New laws to streamline military exports, cut red tape

Defence Minister Richard Marles is moving to strip the need for export permits for military technology to the US and UK in a bid to streamline collaboration.

AAP

Thousands of STEM spots to be funded in AUKUS push

The government will fund an additional 4000 university places for STEM students to create a workforce capable of building a nuclear-powered submarine fleet.

AAP

Australia confident subs deal would survive under Trump

A nuclear submarine deal with America and the United Kingdom is critical to Australia's national interests, the defence industry minister says.

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View from The Hill: as war rages in the Middle East, Australian parliamentarians try to promote understanding

In federal parliament, there are “friendship” groups for almost everything, from AUKUS to arthritis, and for many countries.

The Independent UK

State-sponsored online spies likely to target Australian submarine program, spy agency says

Australia’s digital spy agency says the nation's cooperation with the United States and Britain to develop an Australian fleet of submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology is a likely target of state-sponsored cyberespionage

The Guardian - AU

Teal MPs condemn opposition leader – as it happened

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Australia looks to streamline military tech sharing

Proposed new laws will make it easier for Australia, the US and UK to share military technology and harder for the tech to fall into foreign hands.

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Nuclear sub tech to maintain edge over Chinese progress

US nuclear submarine technology given to Australia will be able to combat major developments in Chinese naval power, a US defence undersecretary says.

The Conversation

'Clear change in Australia's attitude': what mattered most to China about Anthony Albanese's visit

As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese concluded his four-day visit to China, both countries agreed it was important to keep up the momentum in their steadily warming relations, while also expanding their areas of cooperation.

AAP

PM faces climate talks heat from Pacific neighbours

Anthony Albanese heads to the Pacific Islands Forum as concerns mount on the blue continent about climate change and its nuclear-free status.

Al Jazeera

China and Australia look for ‘mutual benefit’ after years of animosity

Australian leader Anthony Albanese meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing with eye on improving relationship.

The Guardian - AU

Almost 40% think Australia should dump US alliance if Donald Trump returns as president, poll finds

Survey finds 47% believe Aukus locks Australia in to supporting the US in an armed conflict, while concern about conflict with China has fallen

The Guardian - AU

Plan to build Aukus submarines in Adelaide is ‘a fairytale’ and ‘pork barrelling’, Alexander Downer says

Former foreign minister says building nuclear submarines at South Australian shipyard will ‘drain the national economy’

AAP

'Test of our time': PM says China projects its values

Anthony Albanese has wrapped up an official visit to the United States with a reflection on China's attempts to change the status quo.

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