The Albanese government has doubled down on its attempts to push back against China’s chokehold on the critical minerals supply chain, announcing it will pour $585m of taxpayer funds into projects producing key inputs for batteries, renewables and electric cars. Queensland-based Alpha Hpa, which specialises in the production of ultra-highContinue Reading
The US has asked Australia to send a navy warship to the Middle East in response to recent attacks from Iranian-backed rebels. The request comes as leaders grow increasingly fearful over the Israel-Hamas conflict spilling across the region. Assistant Defence Minister Matt Thistlethwaite said the federal government was considering aContinue Reading
The Israel-Hamas war is set to be the most violent in a generation. And its fallout could be global. So how can we tell if things are beginning to spiral out of control? According to Atlantic Council analyst and former White House National Security Council advisor Kirsten Fontenrose, these thingsContinue Reading
On August 27, 23 US Marines were on board an MV-22B Osprey aircraft when it crashed over the Tiwi Islands off the Northern Territory during a routine military training exercise, taking the lives of three American Marines. The horror crash comes just one month on from the Talisman Sabre helicopterContinue Reading
We are not alone – and American authorities are covering up the evidence, a former US intelligence officer told a congressional committee on Wednesday. David Grusch, a former National Reconnaissance Officer for the Pentagon’s task force who led analysis of unexplained anomalous phenomena (UAP) – formerly known as UFOs –Continue Reading
A former intelligence official turned whistleblower claims the US government has secretly retrieved craft of non-human origin, according to a series of bombshell reports on Monday. David Grusch is an Air Force veteran and former member of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), whereContinue Reading
A purportedly AI-generated photo of a fake explosion at the Pentagon spread rapidly on social media on Monday – prompting mass confusion among users and a brief selloff in the US stock market. The fake photo, which showed smoke billowing outside the Pentagon, was shared by Russian state media outletContinue Reading
A Stanford professor who has researched unidentified aerial phenomena for the US government says he believes extraterrestrial intelligence has not only visited earth but “it’s been here a long time and it’s still here”. Dr Garry Nolan also claimed that whistleblowers who have worked on “reverse-engineering downed craft” had recentlyContinue Reading
Listen to what Xi says. Look at what Xi’s doing. “If Xi says he is readying for war, it would be foolish not to take him at his word.” This warning by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies was made late last month after China’s supreme leader raised the prospectContinue Reading
The federal government says it is “concerned” about the leaking of dozens of pages of classified government documents from the United States. A large cache of more than 100 pages of documents appearing to be from the Pentagon are currently circulating on social media channels after first being published onContinue Reading