The 2022 agreement intended to foster trade relations and ‘support greater collaboration on defence industry objectives’, documents revealFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian government quietly signed an agreement with Israel’s defence ministry to capitalise on “global tensions” and countries wanting to “protect their national interests” militarily, internal documents reveal.The 2022 Memorandum of Understanding, signed before the Israel-Gaza war, was intended to foster trade relations and “support greater collaboration on defence industry objectives”, according to Victorian government documents released under freedom of information laws.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
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