Home Affairs chief’s links to big tobacco,PwC revealed
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Home Affairs chief’s links to big tobacco,PwC revealed

Michael Pezzullo gave British American Tobacco access to a top official after a lobbyist friend’s request,and spoke to a consulting boss about privatising the nation’s COVID quarantine system.

  • byNick McKenzie andMichael Bachelard

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‘This will make us weaker’:Army restructure faces backlash

‘This will make us weaker’:Army restructure faces backlash

The opposition says an army overhaul will damage morale and undermine the Defence Force’s bid to attract and retain more uniformed personnel.

  • byMatthew Knott
What Australia’s next generation of army vehicles will look like

What Australia’s next generation of army vehicles will look like

A defence expert said the fast-moving infantry fighting vehicles would give Australia ‘the best capability on offer’ to replace personnel carriers from the 1960s.

  • byLachlan Abbott
Andrew Hastie backs Dwellingup push against Alcoa mining in jarrah forests

Andrew Hastie backs Dwellingup push against Alcoa mining in jarrah forests

The federal member backed the south west town’s push for further concessions from the miner but cautioned that a compromise was needed between jobs and the environment.

  • byPeter Milne
‘Not pulling our weight’:Bipartisanship collapses over Ukraine support

‘Not pulling our weight’:Bipartisanship collapses over Ukraine support

The federal opposition says it is embarrassing that Ukrainian officials have resorted to social media to plead for more Australian military assistance.

  • byMatthew Knott
Coalition MPs under fire over misquoting former High Court judges on Voice

Coalition MPs under fire over misquoting former High Court judges on Voice

MPs including Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor have been asked to apologise for misrepresenting the words of two judges to undermine an enshrined Indigenous Voice.

  • byJack Latimore
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What it took to win the biggest defamation case in Australia’s history

What it took to win the biggest defamation case in Australia’s history

Australia’s most decorated living soldier,Victoria Cross and Medal of Gallantry winner Ben Roberts-Smith,has lost a landmark defamation case.

  • byMichael Bachelard
‘We like to win’:Saffioti and Hastie go head-to-head over Lakelands station

‘We like to win’:Saffioti and Hastie go head-to-head over Lakelands station

In a Metronet budget estimates hearing on Wednesday Saffioti accused Hastie of misquoting her in a release that said she described the former Coalition government’s commitment to the project as “embarrassing” and “out of tune”.

  • byHamish Hastie
The radical proposal to recruit foreigners to fight for Australia
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The radical proposal to recruit foreigners to fight for Australia

Pacific Islanders should be allowed to serve in the ADF to boost numbers,military experts say,while Andrew Hastie backed it as a pathway to citizenship.

  • byMatthew Knott
Live mic picks up WA premier badmouthing shadow defence minister Andrew Hastie at Beijing lunch

Live mic picks up WA premier badmouthing shadow defence minister Andrew Hastie at Beijing lunch

On day one of a historic Chinese trade mission,Mark McGowan has unwittingly reignited a feud with Andrew Hastie after a microphone picked up disparaging comments about Hastie’s views on China.

  • byHamish Hastie
Charlie Teo gets hero’s welcome at Mick Gatto’s charity gala

Charlie Teo gets hero’s welcome at Mick Gatto’s charity gala

The embattled neurosurgeon says he was driving Ubers to get by. But he still had a spare $10,000 for the underworld identity’s charity.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell