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Australia is investigating whether RAAF pilots have been contracted to help train the Chinese military, amid calls for tough new laws.

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Australia to investigate reports pilots trained Chinese military - minister

Australia's defence minister said its military was investigating reports former pilots were accepting training roles in China, as Britain said it could take legal action on national security grounds to stop its pilots being similarly recruited.

Reuters

Defence investigates 'alarming reports' RAAF pilots could be lured to work for Chinese military

Australia is following the United Kingdom in investigating whether retired defence pilots have been lured with lucrative contracts to help train the Chinese military in air warfare.

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Pacific Islands defence ministers meet in Tonga to boost 'interoperability'

South Pacific defence ministers will meet in Tonga on Tuesday, with Australia seeking a closer military relationship with the three island nations that have defence forces to counter China's security push in the region.

Reuters

Australia joins Pacific security talks

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles is travelling to Tonga and Fiji to meet Pacific defence ministers for discussions spanning security and disaster relief.

AAP

Bougainville president accuses Richard Marles of making 'veiled threats' against independence aspirations

President Ishmael Toroama says Richard Marles's remarks after a visit to Papua New Guinea represent a change to Australia's neutral position.

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Australian deputy prime minister Richard Marles accused of ‘veiled threats’ by Bougainville president

Autonomous Bougainville government president accuses Australia of destabilising its right to self-determination

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Michael Pascoe: Worried about Australia’s sovereignty? Don’t bother, it’s gone

Australia could do its own foreign policy, its own security pacts, but it's too late. Our strategic sovereignty is outsourced to the US

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‘Now is the time’: Richard Marles has met NRL to push for Papua New Guinea team

On visit to Port Moresby, defence minister says ‘it would be so meaningful’ for PNG to become National Rugby League’s 18th team

The Guardian - AU

Australia, PNG inch closer to inking security treaty as defence minister tours the Pacific island nation

Richard Marles says he wants to significantly expand defence cooperation across the Pacific, starting with an "ambitious" bid to expand military ties and sign a security treaty with Papua New Guinea.

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Australia, PNG defence to work together under proposed security pact

Australia wants to strike an "ambitious" security treaty with neighbour Papua New Guinea that will see navy, airforce and army personnel from each nation working alongside each other more often, Defence Minister Richard Marles said in Port Moresby on Thursday.

Reuters

Delays could strike AUKUS

Australia not receiving its nuclear-powered submarines on time would be the "greater danger" to its security partnership with the US and UK.

AAP

Jaishankar highlights importance of military cooperation to ensure peaceful Indo-Pacific

In his second visit to Australia, Jaishankar met Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles and Education Minister Jason Clare

The Hindu

Albanese gives strongest indication yet stage-three tax cuts are here to stay

Prime minister says he’ll stick to election promise as Defence is told to tighten its belt ahead of looming budget

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Australia’s defence minister advises against giving parliament veto over military deployments

Richard Marles says current powers – which permit governments to commit Australia to war without parliamentary authorisation – should “not be disturbed

Reuters

Australian defence projects billions over budget, decades late

Major Australian defence projects with approved budgets totalling more than A$70 billion ($45 billion) are overbudget and cumulatively decades late, the government said on Monday, amid China's plans to increase its influence in the Pacific.

The Guardian - AU

Petrol forecast to reach up to $2.15 a litre; Dutton blames Labor for defence cost blowout – as it happened

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'Complete mess' on major defence projects

Defence Minister Richard Marles has promised more oversight after identifying billions of dollars in budget blowouts and major delays in military projects.

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Defence projects suffer $6.5bn cost blowout as Marles promises more scrutiny in future

Minister takes aim at Coalition’s handling of defence projects, saying money was ‘flushed down the toilet’

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine president urges world not to give in to Russia’s ‘nuclear blackmail’ during Australian address

Volodymyr Zelenskiy calls on leaders to back next week’s UN vote condemning Russia’s purported annexation of four regions

ABC News

Top Australian defence officials hit by 'sophisticated' Singapore cyber hack

Data has been stolen from eight Shangri-La hotels, including the luxury Singapore venue where Defence Minister Richard Marles held top-level talks with China shortly after Labor's election win.

The Guardian - AU

Coalition warns against requiring parliamentary vote to commit Australia to war

Reform advocates to tell Labor-led inquiry into military deployment that MPs should be accountable for consequences of conflict

AAP

Submarine commanders to be Australian made

The navy will conduct an inaugural submarine commander course in an effort to boost sovereignty by dispelling the need for personnel to train overseas.

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Japan, U.S., Australia agree to boost defense cooperation

HONOLULU -- Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada held talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles in Hawaii on Saturday, during which they agreed to deepen defense cooperation to jointly deter China's hegemonic behavior.

The Guardian - AU

Defence officials call for ‘deep reform’ to counter perceptions of inaction on Brereton inquiry

Exclusive: Despite war crimes inquiry saying commanders ‘must bear’ responsibility for what happened on their watch, the previous government suspended punishment against them

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