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Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says Anthony Albanese will be able to reset Australia’s relationship with France following the submarine fallout.

Australia's future nuclear submarine plans are expected to be unveiled early next year, with the government also looking to detail its moves to fix a looming capability gap.

Officials kept in ‘regular contact’ with Chinese embassy even as Morrison government ministers frozen out, FoI documents shows

China is seeking to shape the world around it in a way that ‘we have not seen before,’ he says.

Defence Minister Richard Marles has concluded a ministerial visit to India, where he pushed for stronger defence cooperation.

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Australia's air force was not deterred by a "dangerous" interception by a Chinese fighter jet last month, with new details emerging that the RAAF deployed a second Poseidon aircraft to the South China Sea the day after the incident.

The Defence Minister Richard Marles says Australia and India have been drawn together because both countries are wrestling with the "difficult problem" of how to reconcile strong economic ties with China against shared anxieties over Beijing's growing military might.