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Fears grow of possible miscalculation involving Australian military in contested South China Sea

The most recent close-waters interaction between Chinese and Australian warships leads experts to fear a serious incident could occur soon.

ABC News

Defence Department silent on latest Chinese military encounter with Australian warship

Officials refuse to comment on reports the Chinese military has closely tracked an Australian warship through international waters.

ABC News

Australia foreign minister urges Pacific neighbors to unite

Australia’s foreign minister is urging Pacific island neighbors to unite on their shared challenges of U.S.-China strategic competition, climate change and COVID-19

The Independent UK

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Australia sees climate crisis as a national security issue, defence minister tells US

Richard Marles delivers speech in US warning of increased militarisation in South China Sea and importance of climate action to Pacific allies

The Guardian - AU

Defence Minister urges closer Australia-US ties to avoid 'catastrophic failure of deterrence' in Indo-Pacific

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says strengthening the Australia-US alliance is the only way to "deter future employment in Europe, the Indo-Pacific, or elsewhere".

ABC News

Penny Wong: China and Australia take ‘first steps towards stabilising relationship’

Foreign affairs minister meets Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at G20 in Bali to push for end to ‘coercive’ sanctions

The Guardian - UK

Wong seeks to stabilise China relationship

Penny Wong won't make concessions on areas of national interest during talks with her Chinese counterpart, the first between the two nations in three years.

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Floods clean-up begins; nation records 35 Covid deaths – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Penny Wong to meet Chinese minister in sign of thawing relations between Australia and China

Following days of speculation, China’s foreign ministry confirmed the meeting after Wong signalled she was open to a direct conversation

The Guardian - AU

Federal response stronger in flood crisis

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says the federal response to flooding has been stronger than similar natural disasters earlier this year.

AAP

Time needed to probe 'shameful' war crimes

As police act on evidence from a damning war crimes probe, Defence Minister Richard Marles says it's 'important' Australia deals with it properly.

AAP

‘History will judge us’: Richard Marles commits to defence reform after Afghan war crimes inquiry

Defence minister says Australia must ‘make right this appalling set of circumstances’ and promises to keep parliament informed of progress

The Guardian - AU

Acting PM says Australia will stand up for national interest amid fading hopes of China reset

Richard Marles signals change in tone with biggest trading partner but pledges to avoid Coalition’s ‘chest-beating’

The Guardian - AU

Marles vows fix for Pacific Guardian boats

Defence has identified potential faults in Guardian patrol boats Australia has supplied to Pacific island nations.

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The Conversation

Is Australia in the firing line of a new Chinese campaign against the US?

How can Australia navigate the tough and dangerous strategic environment in Asia today with America and China competing to be the leading regional power? The consensus in Canberra – on both sides of politics – is that we should stick as close as we can to America, in the hope…

The New Daily

Reset upset? Albanese’s speech puts paid to post-election hopes

Prime Minister Albanese made some sharp criticisms of China at the NATO summit, saying Australia had been subject to "economic coercion".

The New Daily

Ukraine features Australian icons in gushing thank you video

The Ukraine Ministry of Defence featured Australian actors, singers and iconic animals in a video praising its culture and thanking it for its military aid.

The Independent UK

Australia talks down prospect of having nuclear subs by 2030

Australia’s new defense minister is talking down the prospect of Australia acquiring U.S. nuclear-powered submarines by the end of the decade

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ABC News

AUKUS nuclear submarine plan to be revealed by March 2023

Australia's future nuclear submarine plans are expected to be unveiled early next year, with the government also looking to detail its moves to fix a looming capability gap.

The Conversation

Australians favour more defence spending in Lowy poll, as Labor extends ADF chief Angus Campbell's term

Australians are becoming more fearful in an insecure world, and want to see the country armed up, favouring more defence spending and the planned acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines.

The Guardian - AU

Labor extends term of Australian defence force chief Angus Campbell by two years

Defence minister Richard Marles says continuity in ADF leadership important for Aukus but warns of nuclear-powered submarine delay

ABC News

Commonwealth ends summit with call for action on climate change and trade

The Commonwealth extends membership to two African nations at a meeting attended by Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles.

The Guardian - AU

‘Considerable strain’: how Australian officials saw the China rift

Officials kept in ‘regular contact’ with Chinese embassy even as Morrison government ministers frozen out, FoI documents shows

The Hindu

India completely central to Australia’s worldview, says Deputy PM Richard Marles

China is seeking to shape the world around it in a way that ‘we have not seen before,’ he says.

The Guardian - AU

Senior ministers to retire before Victoria’s election – as it happened

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