Politics live: Australia always preferred secondhand Aukus submarines, defence secretary says

Senate estimates told it was a ‘joint idea’ to rework the nuclear submarine deal. Follow today’s news live

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Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then Krishani Dhanji will be your guide.

Australia’s preference was always to receive secondhand nuclear powered submarines under the Aukus deal, the defence secretary told Senate estimates last night. More coming up.