PM doubles down on AUKUS, sounds warning on environment in key national security address

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will focus on security and the environment in his press club address. A Photo: AAP

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will reiterate the importance of the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine defence pact and warn that a climate change bill at the centre of a dispute with the Greens is critical to national security in a press club address on Wednesday.

In a major speech on national security and his first press club address of 2023, Mr Albanese will paint a broad brush picture of the state of Australian national security and its economic, diplomatic and environmental dimensions.