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The Latest Breaking News from AUKUS

Walking the diplomatic line

New Zealand is increasingly finding itself walking a tightrope between old mates and new friends.

Newsroom.co.nz

New Zealand in talks over partial membership of Aukus

‘I’ve indicated we will be willing to explore it, and that’s as far as that has gone’

The Independent UK

ACTU digs in on nuclear-free policy in headache for Labor over Aukus subs

Coalition seizes on Michele O’Neil’s comments, claiming they send a ‘confusing signal’ on $368bn nuclear submarine acquisition

The Guardian - AU

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Unions question Labor over AUKUS nuclear submarines

Australia's union movement has criticised plans to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, declaring support for a "nuclear free defence policy".

The New Daily

New Zealand may join Aukus pact’s non-nuclear component

Defence minister says government ‘willing to explore’ participating in ‘pillar two’ of defence deal founded by Australia, UK and US

The Guardian - AU

Penny Wong advised to pressure China over Russian invasion of Ukraine, documents reveal

Briefing notes also suggest Australia’s foreign minister raised issue of human rights with her counterpart during visit to China in December last year

The Guardian - AU

Greens senator Jordon Steele-John calls on Australia to question AUKUS pact as Jacinta Price continues to rail against Voice on Q+A

The former secretary of the US Navy and South Australia's premier take Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John to task over him questioning Australia's relationship with the USA and the AUKUS agreement.

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Albanese optimistic on Chinese trade sanctions

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he's still hopeful of clearing Chinese trade sanctions on Australian goods.

The New Daily

Homing in on city's nuclear submarine base considerations

The absence of Newcastle clamour to host the base long term is perhaps understandable.

Newcastle Herald

PM hopeful of movement on Chinese trade sanctions

Australia is hoping to take another step in the reduction of trade sanctions imposed by Beijing as an assistant minister prepares to head to China.

AAP

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews to travel to China for trade mission

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will travel to China this week for a trade mission, his first since the state's Belt and Road agreements were torn up and against a backdrop of rising security tensions.

ABC News

Five Great Reads: shoebox living, getting your gut right and rhyming Cortina with vacuum cleaner

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - AU

Final NSW Newspoll gives Labor a thumping lead; federal Labor's lead widens

The New South Wales state election is today. Polls close at 6pm AEDT. Votes cast on election day should be counted quickly, but large pre-poll booths are likely to take until late at night or next week.

The Conversation

Former PM Keating issues fresh attack on AUKUS deal

Former prime minister Paul Keating has accused the government of shifting its justification for acquiring nuclear submarines under AUKUS.

The New Daily

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The Conversation

Time to grow up: Australia's national security dilemma demands a mature debate

There’s been a lot of recent shouting about Australia’s national security policy.

The Guardian - AU

Greens attack Albanese government’s ‘deeply unsettling’ secrecy on submarine nuclear waste plans

Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council also warned against cloak of national security to ‘mask inadequate radiation safety protection’

The Guardian - AU

British MPs call for ‘as much help as possible’ for Taiwan to defend against China

Delegation of British lawmakers met Taiwan’s president during visit to the island this week amid a deteriorating UK-China relationship

AAP

New Zealand better off outside AUKUS: Clark

New Zealand may be pressured into increasing its own defence spending following Australia's signficant submarines deal with the US and UK.

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SA Libs want parliamentary committee to oversee AUKUS

The South Australian opposition says a state parliamentary committee should oversee the AUKUS project to ensure continued bipartisan support.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: SUV epidemic blamed on tax perks, Etihad accused of greenwashing, Trump indictment delay

Tax incentives lie behind Australia’s love affair with heavy-polluting vehicles, experts say

The New Daily

New Zealand’s opposition worried about AUKUS deal

Gerry Brownlee, the New Zealand opposition foreign spokesman, says Australia's AUKUS deal creates issues for New Zealand.

Newsroom.co.nz

China will test NZ's fence-straddling diplomacy as never before

PM Chris Hipkins brushes the Aukus security pact away as not relevant to us because of its nuclear component, but our likely Aukus involvement relating to technology will have far-reaching consequences, argues Peter Dunne

The Guardian - AU

Australian military looks to build crucial space capabilities that will support Aukus nuclear subs

Defence department puts out call for satellites that can talk to each other and to the ground, are ‘scalable, rapidly deployable and reconstitutable’

The New Daily

New Zealand opposition flags concerns about AUKUS

New Zealand's opposition has flagged concerns with Australia's AUKUS defence agreement, saying it makes NZ less safe.

Reuters

China, Australia defence officials hold first formal meeting since 2019

Chinese defence officials met their Australian counterparts in Canberra on Wednesday, China's Ministry of National Defense said, in their first formal meeting since 2019.

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