Australia politics live: defence industry minister to spruik Labor’s ‘progressive patriotism’ as audits reveal waste
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Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Krishani Dhanji with the main action.
We’ll wrap up some of the overnight news before Krishani’s on deck, and also bring you a preview of today’s press club speech from the defence industry minister, Pat Conroy .
He’s arguing that Labor, these days, is the natural party for defence thanks to an ideal he describes as “progressive patriotism”. More on this soon.
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- Australia politics live: defence industry minister to spruik Labor’s ‘progressive patriotism’ as audits reveal wasteGuardian - World · Krishani Dhanji · Jul 1, 2026, 9:30 PM
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