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- NFF summit puts resilience and competition at centre of $100bn farm sectoron August 18, 2026
Morning sessions at the 2026 NFF Leaders’ Summit in Canberra shifted the agricultural policy debate beyond production volumes, towards market power, supply-chain exposure and the sovereign capability.
- Defence wants a NATO fast lane. Parliament is asking what happens to accountabilityon August 17, 2026
Australia’s proposed agreement with NATO’s Support and Procurement Organisation could give Defence faster access to European supply chains, collaborative procurement and sustainment programs.
- NSW gun buyback national firearms plan goes into actionon August 17, 2026
NSW’s November gun buyback could affect up to 274,000 firearms, testing Albanese’s post-Bondi national reforms as other states resist.
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