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The Latest Breaking News on State-sponsored online spies likely to target Australian submarine program, spy agency says

State-sponsored online spies likely to target Australian submarine program, spy agency says

Australia’s digital spy agency says the nation's cooperation with the United States and Britain to develop an Australian fleet of submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology is a likely target of state-sponsored cyberespionage

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Nuclear sub tech to maintain edge over Chinese progress

US nuclear submarine technology given to Australia will be able to combat major developments in Chinese naval power, a US defence undersecretary says.

AAP

Australia confident in subs plan as navy chiefs gather

Navy chiefs have gathered in Australia and a high-level US delegation is preparing to come Down Under as the defence minister warns of perilous times.

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Plan to build Aukus submarines in Adelaide is ‘a fairytale’ and ‘pork barrelling’, Alexander Downer says

Former foreign minister says building nuclear submarines at South Australian shipyard will ‘drain the national economy’

The Guardian - AU

‘Difficult and expensive’: US report raises Aukus doubts after Joe Biden reassures Anthony Albanese at White House

Congressional report says sale of three to five Virginia class submarines would cut the number available to the US navy fleet

The Guardian - AU

White House meeting: key takeaways from Anthony Albanese’s visit to Washington

The prime minister and Joe Biden’s policy discussions have been driven by questions of dominance in cybersecurity, the net zero transition and the Pacific

The Guardian - AU

Biden and Albanese hope for swift AUKUS sub deal

A deal to sell US nuclear-powered submarines to Australia has edged closer with the election of a new House speaker in the US Congress.

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'No greater friend': Albanese, Biden toast alliance

US President Joe Biden has hailed Australia's "commitment to facing tough challenges" while hosting Anthony Albanese at a glitzy White House dinner.

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Australia state visit to feature talk of submarines and tech partnerships — and a lavish dinner

President Joe Biden is hosting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for a state visit that's intended to deepen the partnership between the two allies

The Independent UK

PM Albanese set for White House talks with Biden

Anthony Albanese will make an official visit to the US capital next week for talks on climate, jobs and global security with President Joe Biden.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kim Beazley on Albanese's US trip, Biden in the Middle East, and the Voice's defeat

The prime minister heads to Washington next week for a state visit. Talks between Anthony Albanese and President Joe Biden will canvass progress on implementing the AUKUS agreement, Ukraine, China and the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, and of course the Middle East crisis. Biden will have just returned from…

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Fijian leader hopes Australian submarines powered by US nuclear technology will enhance peace

Fiji’s prime minister says he hopes Australia’s acquisition of a fleet of submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology will enhance peace in the Pacific region but stopped short of endorsing the increased military cooperation with the United States

The Independent UK

Aukus could weaken China deterrence, US congress research paper suggests

New report airs arguments for and against nuclear-powered submarine sale to Australia

The Guardian - AU

UK awards $4bn contract to build AUKUS nuclear submarines

SSN-AUKUS ‘will be largest, most advanced and most powerful attack submarines ever operated’ by Royal Navy, UK says.

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Why AUKUS is here to stay, despite looming roadblocks

AUKUS is a defence agreement among Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States designed to deter Chinese power in the Indo-Pacific region.

The Independent UK

Australia to toughen restrictions on ex-service personnel who would train foreign militaries

The Australian government is proposing tougher restrictions on former defense military personnel who want to train foreign militaries as the nation prepares to share nuclear secrets with the United States and Britain

The Guardian - AU

Japan and South Korea should be invited to join Aukus, UK parliamentary committee says

Influential UK foreign affairs select committee recommends Japan and South Korea join the security partnership to develop critical technology

The Conversation

The defence dilemma facing NZ's next government: stay independent or join 'pillar 2' of AUKUS?

Strategy, as the great military thinker Carl von Clausewitz once observed, is the process of effectively applying means to achieve clearly defined ends. But good strategy in global politics has proved easier said than done.

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The US navy is still more powerful than China's: more so than the Australian government is letting on

The federal Labor government today used the ALP national conference to address internal dissent over the controversial AUKUS security pact and its plan for acquiring nuclear-powered submarines.

The Guardian - AU

There’s Labor dissent over Aukus but it’s unlikely to spill into a rebellion at the ALP national conference

Concerns in some quarters of the party base and congressional jitters will require deft political management but are unlikely to sink the deal

The Independent UK

Australian prime minister is confident the US will deliver nuclear-powered submarines

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is confident of securing bipartisan political support in the United States for a deal to provide his country with submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology

The Guardian - AU

NSW police taskforce to investigate spate of shootings – as it happened

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New Zealand's anti-nuclear stance means it won't play a role in Australia's submarine plans

New Zealand’s commitment to remaining nuclear-free means it won’t play a role in Australia’s defense plans to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, the leaders from both countries said Wednesday

The Guardian - AU

Australia to gain priority access to US military equipment under Washington proposal

Aukus requests would be handled faster than almost all applications ‘other than from Taiwan and Ukraine’

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