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defence July 6, 2019
The major consultancies are not just a preferred employer for former ministers – they have helped privatise the bureaucracy by stealth.
immigration June 8, 2019
As Sino–American relations further fracture, Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s visit to the Solomon Islands exemplifies Australia’s commitment to strengthening Pacific bonds and pushing back against Chinese influence in the region.
defence April 27, 2019
A path to recovery on missing soldiers
The exhumation of remains from a Honolulu cemetery could bring answers for the families of Australian servicemen missing, presumed dead, in the Korean War.
defence May 18, 2019
Unusual secrecy around 1950s nuclear testing
Files documenting British nuclear testing in the 1950s have suddenly gone missing. Many who have studied this questionable period of history wonder why.
asia pacific October 13, 2018
Dennis Richardson: keeper of Canberra’s secrets
Dennis Richardson was chief of ASIO and ambassador to Washington before heading the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and then Defence. Here, he talks about China, Trump and Australia’s foreign policy.
defence May 5, 2018
Cabinet split on Dutton’s ASD plan
As critics leak against Peter Dutton’s plan to employ the Signals Directorate against Australians, the minister defends the powers as necessary.
defence March 10, 2018
ASIO changes hidden in ‘sloppy’ amendments process
As questions continue over new powers for the Home Affairs Department, a suite of legislative amendments goes missing.
defence February 3, 2018
The government’s desire to see Australia become a weapons powerhouse has brought howls of protest from humanitarian groups, and eerie silence from the Opposition.
defence January 27, 2018
As a former chief of army predicts that joint strike fighters will be the military’s last manned aircraft, what checks will prevent civilian deaths by drones?
defence December 16, 2017
The HMAS Newcastle hazing aftermath
When a 2011 prank against a Royal Australian Navy seaman turned into a case of alleged sexual assault, it put in train years of courts-martial hearings and disputed processes.
defence December 9, 2017
Fines for Pine Gap ‘peace pilgrims’
When six pacifists were arrested in 2016 at the US’s Pine Gap military intelligence facility, the Crown called for custodial sentences. This week the Northern Territory Supreme Court issued them with fines.
