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PM rules out foreign nuclear waste under new AUKUS deal

Australia will not be taking foreign nuclear waste under the newly signed AUKUS deal, the PM says. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

A fresh AUKUS agreement won't mean Australia will accept nuclear waste from overseas partners, Anthony Albanese says while dismissing criticism of the pact from one of his predecessors.

An update to the AUKUS security pact was signed off during the annual AUSMIN talks between Australian and US defence and foreign ministers.

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