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AUKUS opposition is rising

Do we really have to wait until there is a flotilla of Chinese ships attacking Australia before we accept that China is a threat to Australian freedom and sovereignty?

Newspapers’ leadership angrily rejects criticism of China series with insiders saying their efforts were similar to ‘Churchill taking on the Nazis’. Plus: the end of the shock jock?

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas hits back at suggestions from his Labor counterparts in Victoria and WA that his state should take nuclear waste from the future AUKUS fleet.

Australia will acquire hundreds of Tomahawk cruise missiles from the US as part of the AUKUS security pact.

The brash leadership of Paul Keating might have been fit for purpose almost 30 years ago, but it certainly isn’t any more.

Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating’s recent strident criticism of the A$368 billion nuclear-powered submarine deal announced under the AUKUS security pact will have little effect on Australian policy. Canberra’s deepening level of security cooperation is underpinned by a deep political consensus.

As the old adage goes, time will tell whether Paul Keating’s scepticism about AUKUS and his extremely benign view of China’s intentions turn out to be justified.

PM says Keating’s acerbic attack on the Aukus program ‘diminish him’ as Malcolm Turnbull joins chorus of criticism