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.
The opposition says an army overhaul will damage morale and undermine the Defence Force’s bid to attract and retain more uniformed personnel.
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.
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.
The federal opposition says it is embarrassing that Ukrainian officials have resorted to social media to plead for more Australian military assistance.
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.
Australia’s most decorated living soldier,Victoria Cross and Medal of Gallantry winner Ben Roberts-Smith,has lost a landmark defamation case.
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”.
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.
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.
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.