Buy gum! How our British bash got a bit expensive and didn’t bring the brass

Buy gum! How our British bash got a bit expensive and didn’t bring the brass

It was the off again,on again Australia Day celebration in London that almost didn’t happen,and now we’ve got the bill.

  • byLiam Mannix andKishor Napier-Raman

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A hero’s welcome home for Flinders,two centuries too late
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History

A hero’s welcome home for Flinders,two centuries too late

Explorer Matthew Flinders gave Australia its name. He had too much ambition to “rest in the unnoticed middle order of mankind”,but too many of us forget.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Australia responds to Zelensky’s SOS with $250m in military aid

Australia responds to Zelensky’s SOS with $250m in military aid

After a hospital bombing,the Ukrainian leader put out an urgent call for help before Donald Trump’s possible re-election in the US in November.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Marles to meet Trump Republicans on US trip as Biden fights for his future

Marles to meet Trump Republicans on US trip as Biden fights for his future

In Washington for the NATO summit,Richard Marles has thrown his support behind the US president,praising the global alliances forged under his administration.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Australia takes rare step of blaming China for backing cyberattacks

Australia takes rare step of blaming China for backing cyberattacks

It is the first time Australian agencies have taken the lead in attributing cyberattacks to hacking group APT40 and naming the Ministry of State Security as a sponsor of the operations.

  • byDavid Crowe
Albanese should not be missing in action from NATO summit
Editorial
NATO

Albanese should not be missing in action from NATO summit

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s rejection of an invitation to attend the NATO summit in Washington joins a growing list of dubious decisions.

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Dutton tells MPs to ‘be ready’ for early election after PM scraps Washington visit
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NATO

Dutton tells MPs to ‘be ready’ for early election after PM scraps Washington visit

Anthony Albanese was expected to attend next week’s summit marking NATO’s 75th anniversary but Defence Minister Richard Marles will now travel to the US in his place.

  • byRob Harris,Angus Thompson andJames Massola
Marles enforces his veto on all potential defence shipments to Israel

Marles enforces his veto on all potential defence shipments to Israel

All approvals have been escalated to the defence minister,and the government says no components have been shipped to Israel since October 7.

  • byDavid Crowe
Too anti-China? Hawkish think tank fears budget cuts

Too anti-China? Hawkish think tank fears budget cuts

Prominent American politicians and military leaders have rallied behind an influential Australian think tank known for its hawkish views on China.

  • byMatthew Knott
‘Can’t get story straight’:Confusion over plan to allow foreigners to serve in ADF

‘Can’t get story straight’:Confusion over plan to allow foreigners to serve in ADF

Defence Minister Richard Marles sidestepped questions about whether permanent residents from autocracies such as China would be allowed to serve in the ADF.

  • byMatthew Knott
Marles raises ‘unsafe’ navy encounters in ‘frank’ talks with Chinese defence minister

Marles raises ‘unsafe’ navy encounters in ‘frank’ talks with Chinese defence minister

The defence minister used a meeting with his Chinese counterpart to raise Australia’s concerns about “unsafe” encounters between the PLA and the Australian navy.

  • byLisa Visentin