Former foreign minister Julie Bishop has been appointed by the UN Secretary-General as his special envoy for Myanmar, amid violence escalating in the country since a violent military coup three years ago. Ms Bishop, who has held a raft of cabinet positions over her decorated political career until her retirementContinue Reading
A “catastrophic failure” in senior government and Defence leadership has led to a “senseless loss of life” in Australia’s military community, the man leading the Royal Commission into Australia’s military suicide crisis has said in scathing remarks delivered at the close of the three-year inquiry. Deaths by suicide have takenContinue 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
A church chaplain who was allegedly abused while serving in the air force has revealed horrific details of an allegedly toxic workplace culture where her cries for help were downplayed and she was forced to remain in proximity to her abuser even after her claims of abuse had been substantiated.Continue Reading
Senator Jacqui Lambie has unleashed on the Veterans Affairs minister for being “missing in action” over reports veterans’ data was handed to a university without their consent. The Department of Veterans Affairs routinely transferred the medical data of veterans to the University of South Australia for research purposes over twoContinue Reading
Jacqui Lambie says she’s prepared to explore “every avenue possible” to hold senior military brass to account for alleged war crimes. The firebrand Tasmanian senator, who served in the army for 11 years, on Tuesday referred senior Australian Defence Force command to the International Criminal Court. She said the BreretonContinue Reading
Staff at Commonwealth Bank have unleashed a “bloodbath” after their boss called time on working from home and ordered the bank’s 49,000 employees to return to the office. On Monday, CBA chief executive Matt Comyn told his workforce they will be required to come into the office at least 50Continue Reading
NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman said if Nationals MP Ben Franklin were to nominate himself for the role of upper house president, it would be an “act of treachery” against voters. The NSW National Party is in disarray after Premier Chris Minns backed Mr Franklin for the plum $315,814 job.Continue Reading
The owner of an American furniture manufacturing company — which last week fired 2700 workers through texts and emails while they slept — has disappeared. United Furniture Industries owner David Belford is squabbling with the company’s board and bankers over whether to file for bankruptcy, The New York Post hasContinue Reading