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‘Outstanding on many fronts’: Why Pyne is so big on AUKUS
Christopher Pyne was one of the chief architects of Australia’s scrapped Naval French submarine plan. So why does he think the AUKUS deal is such an outstanding decision?
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$1.35b missiles deal will give AUKUS teeth
The Pentagon has approved the sale of up to 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles to Australia as part of the AUKUS pact. See why it’s significant.
‘Dangerous path’: China issues chilling AUKUS threat
China lashed out at the newly unveiled nuclear submarine deal with the UK and US, saying highly enriched, weapons-grade uranium put Australia on a “path of error and danger”.
Big detail Albo omitted from AUKUS subs deal speech
It took some prodding from journalists for a pragmatic adviser to give up the most eye-catching new fact of Australia’s new nuclear subs deal.
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