Australia to receive secondhand submarines under AUKUS; Labor Senator Jenny McAllister says the rise in popularity of One Nation is a reflection of failures within the Coalition and in football, the Socceroos defeated by Mexico.
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- Australia to receive secondhand submarines under AUKUS
- Labor Senator Jenny McAllister says the rise in popularity of One Nation is a reflection of failures within the Coalition
- The Socceroos defeated by Mexico
All the nuclear-powered submarines Australia will receive under the AUKUS deal will now be secondhand.
The nuclear-powered submarines are one of the flagship agreements under the AUKUS deal and a meeting of defence leaders in Singapore has announced that all of them will be used.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told SBS News Australia should feel confident that the US will make good on the AUKUS deal and deliver the submarines.
"I think they can and that's why we did the review the way that we did, is to bring, ensure that what we're promising is aligned with what we're able to do, But it's mutually beneficial. Those subs obviously in the hands of Australia are important for your defence but they also add to the combined defence of what we would need to do, heaven forbid, there were a contingency."
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Defence Minister Richard Marles says smaller nations like Australia rely on the global rules-based orders to keep them safe.
Amid growing alarm over attacks on undersea infrastructure, Australia, the U-S and the U-K have announced a program to develop advanced unmanned undersea vehicles as part of the AUKUS pact, with delivery set to begin in 2027.
Meanwhile Australia, the UK and 15 other countries have also agreed to coordinate the defence of underwater infrastructure.
Mr Marles says the seabed has become a major field of contest, and a collective challenge demands a collective response.
"There's also been a focus about the fact that traffic in the maritime domain is very much sea born trade as it's always been, but it's more than that now. It's undersea cables, it is telecommunications fibre optic cables which are really the lifeblood of the modern global economy. And the rules of the road at sea now need to apply to the rules of the road on the seabed and that's been a real topic of conversation here."
Nearly all of Australia's internet traffic flows through just 15 subsea cables.
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Labor Senator Jenny McAllister says the rise in popularity of One Nation is a reflection of failures within the Coalition.
Pauline Hanson says she is considering a return to the lower house at the next election and believes she could do the job of prime minister.
One Nation is currently polling above 20 percent, with the next federal election expected in early 2028.
Senator McAllister has told SKY News voters are tired of the lack of unity within the Coalition.
"One Nation is stepping into a void that has been created by the disunity and the chaos that is present in the coalition. I don't think the Liberals and the Nationals have ever been further apart.”
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A Canadian man accused of selling lethal products across 40 countries to hundreds of people who bought them to end their own lives has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of counselling or aiding suicide.
60-year-old Kenneth Law entered guilty pleas in return for Canadian prosecutors withdraw 14 murder charges against him.
Police in Canada and around the world have been investigating more than 100 suicides linked to Law.
Canadian police say Law used a series of websites to market a substance commonly used to cure meats that can be deadly if ingested.
Law is due to be sentenced in September.
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In football,
The Socceroos have suffered a fiery 1-NIL loss to co-hosts Mexico in the last game before coach Tony Popovic picks his squad for the World Cup.
The game erupted into an all-in scuffle after Mexico attempted to take a free kick quickly and thought they'd scored in the 76th minute - but it was called back.
A day before picking his squad, Popovic named a largely experienced line-up, including Mathew Leckie and Harry Souttar's first starts since late 2024.
After the match Souttar says the second half of the match showed a better side than the first.
"Disappointing in the end, obviously, to lose but there was plenty of positives to take from it. Our last 15 minutes of the first half after the first touch break we changed the pace a bit. But a lot more chances in the second half. I thought we were a better team in the second half but obviously we could not get that goal."
