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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin tells Asian security summit that lines of communication with China are crucial.

Prime minister also seeks to reassure regional nations wary about Australia’s reasons for acquiring nuclear submarines under Aukus pact

Tensions have again been rising between Beijing and Washington, prompting the prime minister to use his keynote address at a peak regional security summit to call for improved dialogue between the two powers as a precondition for peace.

Exclusive: Documents obtained by Guardian Australia show Australia attempted to reassure countries amid nuclear proliferation concerns

For all the effort of current Labor and LNP politicians to talk tough, they don’t even have a national security strategy.

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

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

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.

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.

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