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Leading Australian defence expert Hugh White argues that the AUKUS agreement - and our faith in America's willingness and ability to come to our aid - is giving us a false sense of security. His Quarterly Essay "Sleepwalk to War: Australia's Unthinking Alliance with America" is out today.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says a referendum on enshrining a Voice to Parliament in the constitution will be held in this term of parliament, even if it lacks formal bipartisan support. Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Julian Leeser says the Coalition is open to supporting a referendum but wants to see more detail and the model to be put to the Australian people.

Abortion clinics across the U.S are shutting down and cancelling appointments, following the Supreme Court's ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion. The Court has repealed the landmark Roe versus Wade decision from 1973, which means states can now set their own laws regulating the procedure.