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[Link] Australians unlikely to know cost of scrapped submarines until after election, Peter Dutton says

Read: 18/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

Australian voters are unlikely to be told the full cost of scrapping the French submarine deal before the election, with Peter Dutton signalling the negotiations will not be wrapped up until after July.

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[Link] French officials vent fury over Australian leak of Macron text message

Read: 2/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Elysée officials have expressed fury at the Australian prime minister Scott Morrison’s decision to leak a private text message from the French president, Emmanuel Macron, as the diplomatic rift between the two countries deepened.

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[Link] British defence chief reveals new AUKUS security pact could expand to include other allies

Read: 22/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The UK's departing Chief of the Defence Staff has signalled the new trilateral AUKUS security pact with the United States and Australia could be expanded to include other allies such as Japan.

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[Link] Indonesia and Malaysia 'worried' AUKUS will start a regional arms race with China

Read: 19/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Malaysia and Indonesia have said they share strong reservations over Australia's decision to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, even though nuclear weapons were not part of the plan.

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[Link] Australia tries to calm diplomatic bust-up with France over submarine deal

Read: 19/9/2021 www.9news.com.au

The Federal Government has responded to France's decision to recall its ambassadors to Australia and the US.

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[Link] France recalls ambassadors to US and Australia after Aukus pact

Read: 19/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

France has recalled its ambassadors to the the US and Australia for consultations sparked by the “exceptional seriousness” of Canberra’s surprise decision to cancel an order for French-built submarines and its security pact with Washington and London.

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