Treasury steps up to limit ‘strategic’ security overreach

Treasury steps up to limit ‘strategic’ security overreach

The risk of foreign disruption has to be balanced in such a way that economic activity is not unnecessarily curtailed.

  • byRoss Gittins

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Trump redux a clear and present challenge to our foreign policy

Trump redux a clear and present challenge to our foreign policy

The problem facing Australia’s foreign policy under another Donald Trump presidency? Many of his utterances seem shaped by 1950s American daytime games shows.

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Ashes hero Monty Panesar wants to be an MP,but he’s already got himself in a spin

Ashes hero Monty Panesar wants to be an MP,but he’s already got himself in a spin

The former England left-arm spinner conducted a series of awkward interviews after declaring he would stand as a candidate at the next general election.

  • byRob Harris
David Cameron blasts Trump’s NATO stance as ‘not sensible’

David Cameron blasts Trump’s NATO stance as ‘not sensible’

The comments come after Trump bragged he once told a NATO member that he would “encourage” Russia to do as it wishes to “delinquent” allies.

  • byRob Harris
What a UK Labour government will mean for Australia’s global interests
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What a UK Labour government will mean for Australia’s global interests

Britain’s “Indo-Pacific tilt” is likely to tilt back towards concerns closer to home when Labour takes the reins.

  • byGeorge Brandis
Federal government must stop prevaricating and send coal to Kyiv

Federal government must stop prevaricating and send coal to Kyiv

The failure to respond to Ukraine’s request for a humanitarian shipment is a wasted opportunity to reassert Australia’s support for the beleaguered nation.

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Is Albanese dining with the next US president? There are wildcards on the menu

Is Albanese dining with the next US president? There are wildcards on the menu

Joe Biden is handling global crises well,but there is no guarantee he will be the Democratic nominee for the next presidency.

  • byBruce Wolpe
Keating’s right,NATO should steer clear of the Indo-Pacific
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NATO

Keating’s right,NATO should steer clear of the Indo-Pacific

The closer convergence of the NATO nations and the Indo-Pacific democracies will continue but that does not equate to a NATO presence in the region,nor should it.

  • byGeorge Brandis
How the West was won,and could be lost if it’s not careful

How the West was won,and could be lost if it’s not careful

Differences of opinion aren’t the end of democracy;they are its foundation. There is incredible strength in a system that can criticise itself.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
Latvia’s first openly gay president tells youth to ‘break glass ceiling’

Latvia’s first openly gay president tells youth to ‘break glass ceiling’

The nation of about 1.9 million people ranks among the worst places in Europe to be an LGBTQ citizen in terms of legal rights,according to an index by an advocacy group.

  • byRob Harris
Putin accuses Australia of joining a military ‘axis’ as part of a ‘global NATO’

Putin accuses Australia of joining a military ‘axis’ as part of a ‘global NATO’

The Russian president said new defence agreements resemble the World War II alliance between Nazi Germany,fascist Italy and imperial Japan.

  • byAlexander Marrow