Government And Politics

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Sep 20, 2021

France, Australia agree submarine row won't stop trade deal

French and Australian officials say France’s anger over a canceled submarine contract will not derail negotiations on an Australia-European Union free trade deal

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Sep 19, 2021

Australia says France knew of 'grave' submarine concerns

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says France would have known Australia had “deep and grave concerns” that a submarine fleet the French were building would not meet Australia's needs

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Sep 18, 2021

France says Australia-US submarine deal 'huge mistake'

France’s ambassador to Australia has described as a “huge mistake” Australia’s surprise cancellation of a major submarine contract in favor of a U.S. deal, in an unprecedented show of anger among the allies

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Sep 17, 2021

Australian PM rejects Chinese criticism of nuclear sub deal

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected Chinese criticism of Australia’s new nuclear submarine alliance with the United States and says he doesn’t mind that President Joe Biden might have forgotten his name

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Sep 16, 2021

Nuclear submarine deal will reshape Indo-Pacific relations

The U.S., Britain and Australia have announced they’re forming a new security alliance that will help equip Australia with nuclear-powered submarines

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Sep 16, 2021

Australia buys US nuclear subs due to changed security needs

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says his government decided to invest in U.S. nuclear-powered submarines and dump its contract with France to build diesel-electric submarines because of a changed strategic environment

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Sep 10, 2021

'Paradise': Australian states free of COVID resist opening

Anyone could be forgiven for forgetting a pandemic ever happened on Australia’s west coast

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Sep 9, 2021

New Zealand feared an extremist but found no way to stop him

Immigration officers feared him

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Sep 8, 2021

Australian court rules media liable for Facebook comments

Australia’s highest court has made a landmark ruling that media outlets are “publishers” of allegedly defamatory comments posted by third parties on their official Facebook pages