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Labor thrashes out Aukus position at party conference amid dissent from MP and unions

Heckling, outrage and claims of ‘appeasement’ as stage-managed debate at ALP event gives way to genuine disagreement

The Guardian - AU

The US navy is still more powerful than China's: more so than the Australian government is letting on

The federal Labor government today used the ALP national conference to address internal dissent over the controversial AUKUS security pact and its plan for acquiring nuclear-powered submarines.

The Conversation

ALP national conference day 2 – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

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Morning Mail: police investigate violent arrest; Aukus fight in Labor ranks; Indigenous Vietnam veterans identified

Shock at violent arrest of Aboriginal man with disability; Labor seeks to ward off dissent over Aukus nuclear submarine deal; researchers identify 285 Indigenous servicemen who fought in Vietnam

The Guardian - AU

Richard Marles moves to head off Labor conference fight over Aukus submarines

Deputy PM will offer reassurances on nuclear non-proliferation and waste amid grassroots dissent over the program

The Guardian - AU

Electrical union wants Australia’s net zero targets boosted by ‘substantial’ investment and state ownership

Exclusive: Influential leftwing unions to tell Labor’s national conference party it must seize ‘most significant economic opportunity since the Industrial Revolution’

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: Albanese unveils boosted housing target and incentive payments ahead of Labor national conference

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced $3 billion in incentives for states and territories and a boosted target for the number of homes to be built, in a package aimed at alleviating Australia’s housing crisis.

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Matildas v England: the match that launched a thousand memes

Social media comes alight with tributes to Australia’s Women’s World Cup heroes ahead of their semi-final

The Guardian - AU

The AUKUS deal will be hotly debated at the ALP national conference, but its real vulnerabilities lie in America

This year’s ALP national conference, beginning August 17, promises to be somewhat feistier than its recent COVID-affected (and boring) predecessors.

The Conversation

From Aukus to tax cuts: six things to watch for at Labor’s national conference

Expect a ‘little bit of a bizarro world’ with the policy fights largely already settled, one insider says. Still, some debates will be worth watching

The Guardian - AU

Hunter playing increasing role in Australia's high-tech defence future

The economic opportunities for the Hunter are unfolding rapidly.

Newcastle Herald

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor president Wayne Swan on the party's coming national conference

Next week the Labor Party will hold its national conference in Brisbane. It’s the first face-to-face conference in five years. These conferences don’t have anything like the bite they once did, but there’s still a chance for the party’s rank and file to have a shout about issues. More than…

The Conversation

NZ needs a debate - not tweets - on foreign policy

Times have changed since Helen Clark clinched the 2008 Free Trade Agreement with China. Labour’s recent defence and foreign policy documents are responding to a very different strategic context, writes Nicholas Khoo

Newsroom.co.nz

As long as I can remember, I've been folding paper cranes and wishing for peace

We are opposed to the AUKUS agreement and investing $368bn for eight nuclear powered submarines.

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Australian foreign policy is traditionally hitched to the US – but the rise of China requires a middle path for a middle power

Few nation-states have been shaped by their underlying physical geography and location in the world quite as much as Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Marles says aircrew ‘yet to be found’ after military helicopter crash – as it happened

Four feared dead after Australian army helicopter crashes into waters off Hamilton Island

The Guardian - AU

There’s Labor dissent over Aukus but it’s unlikely to spill into a rebellion at the ALP national conference

Concerns in some quarters of the party base and congressional jitters will require deft political management but are unlikely to sink the deal

Al Jazeera

US stands against China’s ‘bullying’ behaviour, Pentagon chief says

Lloyd Austin’s comments come at start of bilateral talks in Australia on defence, countering China in Asia-Pacific.

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The Guardian - AU

Paul Keating’s criticism of Penny Wong labelled a ‘disgrace’ by Labor minister

Pat Conroy says former prime minister wrong on Australia’s strategic environment and military solutions

The Conversation

Cutting-edge new aircraft have increased NZ’s surveillance capacity – but are they enough in a changing world?

New Zealand’s national security was strengthened this month when the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s newest Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft became operational.

The Independent UK

New Zealand's anti-nuclear stance means it won't play a role in Australia's submarine plans

New Zealand’s commitment to remaining nuclear-free means it won’t play a role in Australia’s defense plans to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, the leaders from both countries said Wednesday

The Conversation

NATO isn't the only alliance that countries are eager to join – a brief history of the Five Eyes

After the recent NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, it is anticipated that Sweden will soon become the alliance’s 32nd member.

The Guardian - AU

Kathryn Campbell quits $900,000 top defence job after robodebt royal commission report

News comes days after confirmation Campbell was suspended without pay from senior Aukus advisory position with Department of Defence

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Grattan on Friday: We see a great deal of the Albanese government, but we don't know much about what goes on behind the scenes

Andrew Leigh won’t have made himself many friends in Labor with his attack this week on the stifling power of the party’s factions.

The Guardian - AU

Australia to gain priority access to US military equipment under Washington proposal

Aukus requests would be handled faster than almost all applications ‘other than from Taiwan and Ukraine’

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