Anthony Albanese has been grilled over China’s accusation the Australian military deliberately “trouble” when it approached Chinese airspace on Saturday. The prime minister trod lightly in his response when probed on the tense matter by Gareth Parker of Nine, which in partnership with Business News presented ‘Breakfast with the PrimeContinue Reading
An army major who knew airmen killed in a military training exercise last year has broken down during a public inquiry, as he hit back at “sensationalist” claims about what may have led to the fatal crash. Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class Two Joseph Laycock, andContinue Reading
The father of an Australian service member lost in last year’s catastrophic Taipan helicopter crash has spoken out about his months of heartbreak following the disaster, which took the lives of four soldiers and grounded the nation’s chopper fleet. David Naggs, the father of Corporal Alexander Naggs from the Army’sContinue Reading
Mysterious headaches afflicting US diplomats are being blamed on Russian spies. Almost a dozen officials suddenly began suffering head pressure, dizziness and ear pain shortly before US Vice President Kamala Harris visited Vietnam in 2021. And the Pentagon says one of its officials suffered headaches and nausea ahead of aContinue Reading
Australia’s defence personnel do not have access to enough professional mental health workers, the man leading the Defence department has warned, and simply throwing more money at the problem is not a viable solution. Department of Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty told the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide onContinue Reading
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is celebrating her 70th birthday a few months early by launching a collectors edition of her new gin and vodka range. At first glance, Ms Hanson appears on the commemorative bottle to be presenting herself in the fashion of a Roman senator but upon closerContinue Reading
Senior military leaders including Chief of the Defence Force Angus Campbell and Defence Minister Richard Marles will give evidence at the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide as the inquiry enters its final weeks. The royal commission’s 12th and final block of public hearings kicked off in Sydney onContinue Reading
Richard Marles has admitted there are “issues of culture” within the higher echelons of the defence force and department that need to be challenged. The Defence Minister has been under pressure over reports he has grown increasingly frustrated with his own department, to the point he hauled secretary Greg Moriarty,Continue Reading
Australia must seriously consider reintroducing conscription to boost its troop numbers in the face of a looming “all-out war” with Russia, a defence analyst says. Rapidly rising global tensions in eastern Europe and the Middle East threaten to “drag Australia into an orbit of an open confrontation”, Dr Alexey Muraviev,Continue Reading
They’re mostly old, mostly rich and fiercely protective of their perfect patches of inner-city dirt, willing to mount formidable challenges against anything that disturbs their peace. Whether it’s rezoning neighbourhoods to allow denser development, applications to build townhouses and units, or talk of public and affordable housing, they’re firmly NIMBYContinue Reading