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Joe Biden’s advisers say he doesn’t want to drag Pacific allies into ‘headlong clash’ between US and China

Senior White House official says president hears region’s concerns and ‘does not want conflict’ with China

The Guardian - AU

Aukus ‘looks to drive AI into military capabilities after world firsts at trial’

The developments made by the pact will help ‘uphold the principles of freedom and democracy around the world’, the US said.

The Independent UK

Grattan on Friday: Labor's national conference looms but the party's rank and file has lost its bite

Stuart Robert, one of the ministers involved in the notorious Robodebt scheme, can anticipate some sharp criticism when the royal commission’s findings come. Robert won’t be able to avoid the flak, but he has made sure he is out of parliament before it lands.

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Lawmakers seek to ease defense export controls to UK, Australia

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers have high expectations for a new trilateral security partnership between the United Kingdom, United States and Australia to significantly boost not only the three allies’ maritime positions in the Indo-Pacific vis-à-vis China but also to accelerate and deepen their collective abilities in next-generation defense technologies.

Tribune News Service

Michael Pascoe: The ‘A’ in ALP stands for Albanese

Something rather important has been overlooked in the first anniversary of the election – Anthony Albanese’s takeover of the Labor Party.

The New Daily

Lawmakers seek to ease defense export controls to UK, Australia - Roll Call

Lawmakers want to ease weapons export controls for Australia and the UK but some suspect the administration is dragging its feet.

Roll Call

Afternoon Update: Government grilled over Kathryn Campbell’s $900k job; Victoria to end native timber logging; and Qantas’s record profit

Native forests one of the winners from a tough Victorian state budget

The Guardian - AU

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Penny Wong gives qualified defence of robodebt official’s $900,000 Aukus role

Kathryn Campbell appointment made before royal commission evidence went ‘beyond what was envisaged’

The Guardian - AU

How big a deal is US and Australian cooperation on climate and energy?

Joe Biden and Anthony Albanese have flagged a joint push to boost action on the two issues but at this stage much of the work is yet to be fleshed out

The Guardian - AU

One year in, Anthony Albanese is betting big on Australia’s better angels

The mantle of office has settled on a man who wants to enlarge Australia’s idea of itself, and is staking his prime ministership on it

The Guardian - AU

Biden's cancellation is just US politics as usual

The reality is ... if the voters think you aren't there for them, the path to electoral oblivion is short.

Newcastle Herald

China’s ambassador to Australia says Aukus an ‘unnecessary’ use of taxpayer money and ‘not a good idea’

Xiao Qian suggests improvement in Australian relationship with Beijing possible but would take ‘mutual respect’

The Guardian - AU

Military told to fast-track, revolutionise technology

Defence Minister Richard Marles says Australia's military needs to adopt a new mindset when it comes to developing technology and be more innovative.

The New Daily

MP questions referendum wording – as it happened

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Morning Mail: cost of tax cuts to soar, Biden cancels Australia visit, call to regulate AI

Income earners in top 20% set to scoop $227.6bn of total $313.1bn benefit; president to focus on domestic political deadlock due to US debt

The Guardian - AU

Joe Biden ‘re-evaluating’ Australian trip where he had been invited to address parliament next week

Anthony Albanese pleased Biden has taken up invitation, an honour also afforded to Barack Obama in 2014

The New Daily

Parliament takes first steps to nuclear submarines

The first set of laws paving the way for nuclear-powered submarines as part of AUKUS have been introduced to federal parliament.

The Guardian - AU

Federal budget squirrels away $30bn to lift defence funding over decade

Spending includes $19bn over four years for Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines, long-range strike capabilities and strengthened northern bases

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Canada hopes to join Aukus defence pact, says report

Ottawa ‘highly interested’ in joining group amid fears country could be shut out of intelligence and tech sharing

Reuters

Canada wants more cooperation with AUKUS allies on advanced technologies

Canada wants to work more closely with allies including Australia, United States and the UK in areas of advanced technologies, Defense Minister Anita Anand said on Monday, when asked if the country wanted to join the AUKUS defense alliance.

Reuters

Thousands rally in Australia against potential submarine base

Thousands of people rallied on Saturday against a future nuclear-powered submarine base at Port Kembla in eastern Australia as part of the A$368 billion ($244.1 billion) AUKUS defence pact with the United States and Britain.

ABC News

Australia and France take part in huge military exercise after tense couple of years

For the past fortnight, Australia has taken part in an emergency training drill led by the French military in New Caledonia, as the two countries try to put the cancelled submarine deal behind them.

The Guardian - AU

Port Kembla rally to demand NSW site be ruled out as Aukus nuclear submarine base

March organisers say delaying a decision on the location – one of three flagged as possible – will deter renewable energy investment

The New Daily

PM visits shipyard that will build first AUKUS subs

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has toured a shipyard in northern England where Britain's first AUKUS submarine will be built. "We're talking about the

ABC News

Anthony Albanese visits AUKUS submarine facility while in the UK for King Charles’s coronation

Anthony Albanese tours the AUKUS submarine facility in northern England and says he hopes the nuclear-powered submarine deal will provide the same kind of job opportunities that the car industry did for Australia after World War II.

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