Gold bars,cash-stuffed envelopes:Indictment of Democratic senator alleges vast corruption

Gold bars,cash-stuffed envelopes:Indictment of Democratic senator alleges vast corruption

Bob Menendez,as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,defended the AUKUS agreement from Republican resistance.

  • byJohn Harney andSteven T. Dennis

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Government keeping climate report hidden blasted as ‘fatal mistake’

Government keeping climate report hidden blasted as ‘fatal mistake’

A landmark report on external climate risks was delivered last year,but the government has resisted calls from crossbenchers to make public a redacted version.

  • byMatthew Knott
This top analyst’s boss disagrees ‘entirely’ with his views. Turnbull said it was essential reading

This top analyst’s boss disagrees ‘entirely’ with his views. Turnbull said it was essential reading

Sam Roggeveen is firing rhetorical torpedoes at Australia’s cosy consensus on defence and stirring up debate with his provocative new book,The Echidna Strategy.

  • byMatthew Knott
In trying to create a legacy for Labor,Albanese risks not doing enough for the rest of us

In trying to create a legacy for Labor,Albanese risks not doing enough for the rest of us

Is it possible to be supremely ambitious while having limited ambitions? Anthony Albanese believes it is.

  • byShaun Carney
Can we prevent war with China by getting ready to fight one?

Can we prevent war with China by getting ready to fight one?

The stark truth is that “stabilisation” is a hope and a prayer. The missiles are a back-up in case hopes and prayers are ineffective.

  • byPeter Hartcher
‘We’re trailing the world’:Push for Aussie-made defence drones

‘We’re trailing the world’:Push for Aussie-made defence drones

The Australian Defence Force would quickly begin using locally made surveillance drones under a push to make the military less dependent on Chinese technology.

  • byMatthew Knott
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Why does our credit rating matter if the planet is too warm?

Why does our credit rating matter if the planet is too warm?

It won’t really matter how good or bad our credit is if we are going under thanks to climate change.

Australia’s biggest AUKUS risk? Our allies’ Plan B

Australia’s biggest AUKUS risk? Our allies’ Plan B

There is no precedent for building a submarine hull in one country,installing another country’s technology and assembling it in a third which has no nuclear expertise.

  • byBob Carr
‘Unbelievable’:Defence spends $8.5m on consultants for AUKUS nuclear regulator

‘Unbelievable’:Defence spends $8.5m on consultants for AUKUS nuclear regulator

The contract comes amid a growing debate about the public service’s reliance on external advice for tasks that would once have been performed in-house.

  • byMatthew Knott
Australia buys ‘formidable’ missiles in $3b firepower boost

Australia buys ‘formidable’ missiles in $3b firepower boost

Australia will soon have naval missiles capable of striking targets 1500 kilometres away in a major boost to the nation’s long-range firepower.

  • byMatthew Knott
The groups of voters Labor risks losing over AUKUS deal

The groups of voters Labor risks losing over AUKUS deal

The Greens are squeezing Labor and causing them to lose millennial and boomer voters.