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What will next week's AUKUS talks mean for South Australia's shipbuilding industry?

SA's shipbuilders are on tenterhooks ahead of next week's AUKUS discussions, which will finalise an agreement around the future of Australia's submarine fleet. Here's why that deal is so important for South Australia.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

What we've learnt from nine weeks of Robodebt royal commission hearings

More than 100 witnesses, including two former prime ministers, have faced the Robodebt inquiry and sworn to tell the truth.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

Attacks on Hindu temples have ‘no place in Australia’, PM says; Sydney trains hit by delays – as it happened

Burketown flood at ‘record levels’ with helicopter evacuations to continue throughout the day

The Guardian - AU · Mar 10, 2023

‘Speed, stealth and firepower’: the submarines that redefine Australia’s ‘strategic personality’

V Adm Jonathan Mead hails a ‘generational challenge’ that will see Australia become the seventh country to have nuclear-powered boats

The Guardian - AU · Mar 9, 2023

Bombshell crime claims about Hillsong finances rock Parliament

The leader of one of Australia’s largest Pentecostal churches has been accused in Parliament of money laundering and tax evasion.

The New Daily · Mar 9, 2023

Grattan on Friday: Could Josh Frydenberg still have a path to the Liberal leadership?

One of those closely watching the extraordinary legal face-off between independent Monique Ryan and her former high-profile staffer, Sally Rugg, will be Josh Frydenberg, who lost Kooyong to the “teal” at last year’s election.

The Conversation · Mar 9, 2023

The irony of Albanese’s big trip to Washington

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make a trip to Washington next week and announce a deal to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.

The New Daily · Mar 8, 2023

‘Stop the boats’: Sunak’s anti-asylum slogan echoes Australia’s harsh policy

In Australia, hostile rhetoric has fuelled a toxic public debate and sought to dehumanise people fleeing harm

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2023

Nuclear subs deal to prevent Pacific war: Morrison

Former prime minister Scott Morrison says the AUKUS alliance and the acquisition of nuclear submarines is about deterring any attacks on Australia.

AAP · Mar 7, 2023

Top bureaucrat who oversaw Robodebt rollout says document to ministers was potentially misleading

Kathryn Campbell tells the Robodebt royal commission that a document put to Cabinet failed to mention the need for legislative change.

ABC News · Mar 7, 2023