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Federal politicians have been given 150 free tickets to sporting events, shows and hospitality since the 2019 election, and smoke from the Black Summer bushfires destroyed 5% of the ozone layer in 2020.

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Aukus submarine deal: Australia expected to choose UK design, sources say

Rishi Sunak said to have been ‘buzzing’ about result of 18-month negotiations, part of Aukus defence pact with US

The Guardian - UK

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.

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Australian PM Albanese to Meet Biden in US After India Trip

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday he will visit the United States to meet President Joe Biden after a trip to India this week. "I look forward to the continuing engagement that I have with the US administration," Albanese told reporters before leaving for India, without giving a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Australia will put nuclear safety ‘above all else’ as it builds submarines, vice admiral says

In interview with Guardian Australia, Jonathan Mead moves to allay concerns as Aukus partners prepare to announce detailed plans

The Guardian - AU

Submarine deal expected as Australian PM to meet with Biden in US

Australia’s Anthony Albanese will travel to US where he is expected to make an announcement on nuclear submarine deal.

Al Jazeera

British High Commissioner Vicki Treadell confronts Peter Dutton over UK submarine comments

Vicki Treadell says she raised comments Peter Dutton made last week warning against using UK nuclear submarines as part of the AUKUS deal with him, and that she told him she did not believe they were helpful.

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Albanese confirms meet with US President Biden

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to the United States, where he is expected to reveal how Australia will acquire nuclear submarines.

The New Daily

Why has Australia signed up for AUKUS, a deal serving America’s interests, not ours?

The massive, multibillion-dollar plan has not been properly debated by the Australian people or the national Parliament.

Crikey

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

Paul Keating blasts Age and SMH for ‘provocative’ China war story

Former Australian PM criticises ‘extent of the bias’ in newspapers’ front-page report warning of armed conflict in Indo-Pacific

The Guardian - AU

Sub builder Electric Boat is in the midst of a 'once in generation expansion.' Can that expand to serve an international goal?

GROTON, Connecticut – Electric Boat hired 3,700 shipbuilders last year. It wants to hire more than 5,000 this year and just as many every year for decades into the future.

Tribune News Service

Raising a red flag: shaky China-US relations don’t bode well for Australia

It was looking good for a while — the two superpowers were taking tentative steps towards a rapprochement. But not any more.

Crikey

The long-awaited AUKUS submarine announcement is imminent. What should we expect?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to visit Washington in the next two weeks to announce the long-awaited roadmap for the AUKUS submarine agreement alongside UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden.

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AAP

China accused of trying to sink nuclear subs deal

A new report has found China is targeting Pacific island nations with misinformation in the hopes of creating negative views around Australia's defence policy.

ABC News

Australia, US intensifying efforts to speed up AUKUS technological transfer, ambassador Arthur Sinodinos says

Arthur Sinodinos says senior US officials are exploring the best way to ensure technology critical to the AUKUS agreement flows more freely to Australia.

The Conversation

As Australia's military ties with the US deepen, the Top End becomes even more vital to our security

There are several challenges making Australia’s national security strategy more complicated these days – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the impacts of climate change, our green energy transition and economic uncertainty.

Reuters

Australia has assured US its technology is safe in submarine deal -envoy

Australia has assured Washington that U.S. technology will be safe under a plan to supply it with nuclear-powered submarines in a tripartite deal also including Britain, Canberra's ambassador to the United States said on Thursday.

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British MP Simon Fell rejects Peter Dutton's claim that UK does not have capacity to build Australia's nuclear-powered submarines

Conservative British MP Simon Fell rejects claims by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton that the UK does not have capacity to build a new class of nuclear-powered submarine for Australia under the AUKUS program.

The Independent UK

No 10 defends British submarine quality ahead of Aukus announcements

Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton suggested his country should choose a ‘proven’ US design rather than a British submarine.

ABC News

Peter Dutton warns against UK submarines for AUKUS, drawing fire from government

A fight over national security erupts days before an expected announcement on the AUKUS submarine plan, with Peter Dutton warning against acquiring a future fleet from the UK.

The Guardian - AU

Mind the capability gap: what happens if Collins class submarines retire before nuclear boats are ready?

Nuclear subs are the first ‘pillar’ of Aukus, but defence experts are pointing to the second pillar – hypersonic weapons, AI and drones

ABC News

British military urged to 'buy Australian' after UK clinches lucrative defence contracts Down Under

The defence industry minister challenges the UK to purchase more Australian-made military equipment such as Bushmasters given British companies have won billions of dollars of recent contracts here, including the lucrative Hunter-class frigate program.

AAP

Defence workforce issues 'only going to get worse'

Demand on the ADF will lead to worsening workforce shortages as the government overhauls the military, the chief defence scientist says.

The Guardian - AU

Strict new security rules for Adelaide nuclear submarine-building facility in bid to protect military secrets

Operators of Osborne naval shipyard ordered to guard against ‘deliberate or accidental manipulation’ of critical components

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