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What can Australia carve out of a three-way AUKUS tussle?

Government language on the submarine project is as much about an industrial tie-up as a strategic one. But what is that going to be worth?

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National security, the prime minister told us this week, can have many faces. There’s the usual pouting about defence, and border security of course.

And at his first address this year to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Anthony Albanese argued another face was Australia’s standing and influence, particularly in the Pacific.

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Laura Tingle is chief political correspondent for the ABC's 7.30 program. She is the staff-elected director of the ABC. Connect with Laura on Twitter.

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