Despite the warnings of Australia’s most senior national security professionals,Peter Dutton and Mike Pezzullo convinced Turnbull to act in error.
France is grappling with the potential for devastation on multiple fronts as it seeks to hold the most ambitious opening ceremony in history in the most volatile geopolitical environment since the 1930s.
The PM says Russia has no respect for international law and should be regarded with contempt after its embassy accused Australian security staff of fuelling anti-Russian paranoia.
It was gold Kira Korolev was obsessed with,filling her YouTube channel with footage of her never-ending search for a few glimmering flecks.
Kira Korolev,40,and her 62-year-old husband,Igor Korolev,are accused of using her defence force account to spy for Russia since December 2022.
Australians with Iranian,Chinese,Cambodian,Rwandan and Indian backgrounds have reported foreign agents harassing and assaulting them on local soil.
The risk of foreign disruption has to be balanced in such a way that economic activity is not unnecessarily curtailed.
Prominent American politicians and military leaders have rallied behind an influential Australian think tank known for its hawkish views on China.
A Supreme Court judge has referred the detainment of terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika to the national security watchdog over Home Affairs’ failure to disclose expert reports.
Using “security” as a justification for a policy initiative opens the door to interventions that are,in the words of former Treasury secretary Dr Ken Henry,“frankly,bad”.
Australia,the US,Japan and the Philippines have made a show of strength against China’s growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific.