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AUKUS casts shadow on Australia-China trade relations

Trade Minister Don Farrell remains hopeful the government will continue to stabilise the Australia-China diplomatic relationship despite a new submarines deal.

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AUKUS deal: China condemns 'Cold War mentality'

A massive defence deal unveiled this week in San Diego saw Australia, the UK and the US strengthen their alliance and revealed that the multi-decade military partnership is chiefly concerned about China. Under the so-called AUKUS defence pact, Australia will acquire up to eight nuclear-powered submarines costing up to $368…

France 24

How many ex-PMs does it take to sink Australia’s nuclear submarine deal?

Malcolm Turnbull was quick to share his concerns about the $368bn deal but the opposition to Aukus was led by that old Labor war horse: Paul Keating

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$18 million a job? The AUKUS subs plan will cost Australia way more than that

Australian governments have a long and generally dismal history of using defence procurement, and particularly naval procurement, as a form of industry policy.

The Conversation

Aukus nuclear submarine deal will be ‘too big to fail’, Richard Marles says

Australia’s defence minister plays down concerns multi-decade plan could be vulnerable to political changes in the US and UK

The Guardian - AU

Q&A: Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines and ASEAN’s reaction

China condemned Australia’s plan to acquire attack subs from the US but how have Southeast Asian nations reacted?

Al Jazeera

Nuclear waste divisions intensify between Labor premiers over AUKUS submarine deal

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas hits back at suggestions from his Labor counterparts in Victoria and WA that his state should take nuclear waste from the future AUKUS fleet.

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Australia to spend $1.3b on missiles in AUKUS deal

Australia will acquire hundreds of Tomahawk cruise missiles from the US as part of the AUKUS security pact.

The New Daily

US approves $1.3 billion sale of Tomahawk missiles to Australia

Australia could buy as many as 220 Tomahawk guided missiles from the United States that would help the nation to "contribute to missions of mutual interest".

ABC News

Ex-UK defence chiefs warn AUKUS could end in disaster

Midnight Oil frontman and ex-UK defence chiefs the latest to question the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines deal

The New Daily

Morning Mail: AI cracks government ‘voiceprint’ security, Aukus nimby anger, Cure sick at ticket rorts

Technology exposes security flaw in voice identification system used by Centrelink; Wollongong gears up for nuclear fight; Ticketmaster fees criticised

The Guardian - AU

Madonna King: Paul Keating’s AUKUS spray was of a bygone era

The brash leadership of Paul Keating might have been fit for purpose almost 30 years ago, but it certainly isn’t any more.

The New Daily

South Korea Could Get Away With the Bomb

The global norm against nuclear proliferation is strong, but Seoul’s political and economic ties are stronger.

Foreign Policy

As Australia signs up for nuclear subs, NZ faces hard decisions over the AUKUS alliance

Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating’s recent strident criticism of the A$368 billion nuclear-powered submarine deal announced under the AUKUS security pact will have little effect on Australian policy. Canberra’s deepening level of security cooperation is underpinned by a deep political consensus.

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The Guardian - UK

Aukus pact shows UK’s defence strategy is a costly balancing act

Letters: Diana Francis deplores the submarine deal between Britain, the US and Australia, while Prof Andy Stirling assesses our nuclear strategy

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NZ's biggest policy headache with Aukus submarine plan

The Aukus submarine agreement turbocharges an existing trend: the chances of Australian involvement in a direct military confrontation with China, argues Robert Ayson

The Guardian - AU

Wollongong residents react angrily to reports Port Kembla will be east coast base for Aukus submarines

Unions and business worry ‘a nuclear submarine parking lot’ will displace offshore wind and container terminal jobs

The Guardian - UK

‘Path of error and danger’: China angry and confused over Aukus deal

Deal is designed to counter perceived threat from Beijing but analysts in China say it could push region closer to conflict

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Grattan on Friday: History will judge Keating's assessments of AUKUS and China, but his performance went over the top

As the old adage goes, time will tell whether Paul Keating’s scepticism about AUKUS and his extremely benign view of China’s intentions turn out to be justified.

The Guardian - AU

Chinese official asks if Australia’s Aukus nuclear submarines intended for ‘sightseeing’

Multiple sources present confirm the remark was made but it is unclear if it was made sarcastically

ABC News

State premiers disagree over who should host nuclear waste from AUKUS submarines

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says the nuclear waste from the AUKUS submarines should be stored in SA or WA, "where all the jobs are going". But WA's premier has made it clear the waste was not welcome in his state, and says SA should take it on.

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Anthony Albanese rebukes Paul Keating for scathing remarks against 'seriously unwise ministers' Richard Marles and Penny Wong

The prime minister says Labor party elder Paul Keating's strident criticism of two cabinet ministers only serves to diminish the former leader, but did not call on him to apologise.

The Guardian - AU

Paul Keating has ‘diminished’ himself with scathing attack on Aukus submarine deal, Albanese says

Malcolm Turnbull has also questioned deal amid UK economy’s ‘existential problems’

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Paul Keating was right on AUKUS: we have been here before

This isn’t the first time Australia has dipped into its coffers for naval protection, or that it has bowed to foreign influence.

The Guardian - UK

IAEA to inspect future nuclear-powered submarines built in Australia

UN nuclear watchdog will check fuel usage in sealed power units to satisfy non-proliferation obligations

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