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Opposition Leader and former Defence minister Peter Dutton has revealed he had been working on a plan to fast-track Australia’s acquisition of nuclear submarines amid rising regional tensions.
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Newly-appointed Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney has told an Adelaide audience Liberal leader Peter Dutton should “show his much-talked-about different side” by supporting a referendum for a constitutionally-enshrined First Nations Voice.
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The Liberal Party is expected to elect former defence minister Peter Dutton as leader with NSW MP Sussan Ley tipped to take on the role of deputy, says outgoing home affairs minister Karen Andrews.
Tasmanian Liberal Bridget Archer could put her hand up as deputy leader to keep the party from moving further to the right amid speculation Peter Dutton will run for the leadership.
The ageing Collins class submarines will undergo a $381m camera systems upgrade as the Morrison Government revealed compensation talks with France’s Naval Group over the scrapping of a $90b contract to build a new fleet are likely to continue well into the next financial year.
A Defence review has found no national security grounds to recommend the federal government overturn the 99-year lease of the Port of Darwin to Chinese company Landbridge.
