SYDNEY, March 5 (Reuters) - Australia and Canada on Wednesday signed a series of new agreements on critical minerals, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said, including Australia joining the G7 minerals alliance.

Canada’s Mark Carney has a vision of an alternate global order that grabbed global headlines - asking middle powers like Australia to challenge the current system.

Australia would also join the G7 Critical Minerals Alliance, which Carney called the "largest ​grouping of trusted democratic mineral reserves in the world". Canada and Australia produce one-third of the world's uranium and lithium and more than 40% of its iron ore.

By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY, March 3 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Australia on Tuesday, aiming to bolster relations between the two so-called "middle powers" amid what he has called a "rupture" in world order.

The prime minister criticized Israel and the U.S. for not consulting other nations or the U.N. before their attack on Iran.

Canada and Australia have a 'rare' ability to help convene a coalition of middle powers because their allies know they can be trusted, PM Mark Carney said in a speech to Australia’s Parliament.

Canada’s prime minister faces blowback for his plan to hike Canadian arms companies’ profits by 240 percent in 10 years.

Visiting PM tells Australia’s parliament ‘middle power’ countries must work together on defence, trade and AI