PoliticsNow: AUKUS shows a commitment to 'values', says PM, who predicts 'new dawn' for defence
On the eve of the AUKUS summit in California with Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak, Anthony Albanese says the agreement backs what 'we hold dear as countries'. Earlier he made a bold defence prediction.
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