It was the off again,on again Australia Day celebration in London that almost didn’t happen,and now we’ve got the bill.
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.
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.
In Washington for the NATO summit,Richard Marles has thrown his support behind the US president,praising the global alliances forged under his administration.
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.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s rejection of an invitation to attend the NATO summit in Washington joins a growing list of dubious decisions.
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.
All approvals have been escalated to the defence minister,and the government says no components have been shipped to Israel since October 7.
Prominent American politicians and military leaders have rallied behind an influential Australian think tank known for its hawkish views on China.
Defence Minister Richard Marles sidestepped questions about whether permanent residents from autocracies such as China would be allowed to serve in the ADF.
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.