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India and Australia sign defence, uranium deals - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
GNews: ABC News Major outlet·2026-07-09AllianceP1: Resource SovereigntyP7: Alliance ArchitectureP5: Strategic Decoupling
Why it matters
India–Australia defence cooperation and uranium trade directly advance Pillar 1 (Resource Sovereignty) by diversifying critical-mineral and energy partnerships away from China-dependent supply chains, and strengthen Pillar 7 (Alliance) by embedding Australia in a broader Indo-Pacific security coalition. This signals strategic decoupling and builds redundancy in critical defence-supply relationships beyond AUKUS.
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