# Pacific Nations Forge New Defense Pact | Perth News Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/perth-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7574199/pacific-nations-forge-new-defense-pact-perth-news Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/perth-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7574199/pacific-nations-forge-new-defense-pact-perth-news.md Podcast: [Perth News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/perth-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7574199) Published: 2026-07-09T05:44:04+00:00 Episode link: https://sources.thednn.ai/04654afced179aa3 Audio file: https://api.fastcast.ai/audio/62b821f8-950d-4edc-9554-6ed398a02f18.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/perth-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7574199/episodes/pacific-nations-forge-new-defense-pact-perth-news Duration seconds: 75 ## Resource Australia and Fiji just launched the Ocean of Peace Alliance, pledging mutual defense to counter China’s Pacific influence — and New Zealand is now openly considering joining, leveraging its strong ties with both nations to expand its security partnerships in a historic move for the region. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai. View sources & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/04654afced179aa3 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/perth-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7574199/episodes/pacific-nations-forge-new-defense-pact-perth-news/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/perth-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7574199/pacific-nations-forge-new-defense-pact-perth-news.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.