How ‘cheeky’ accounting hides real cost of Future Subs
DEFENCE is being “a bit cheeky” by declaring our Future Submarines will cost $50 billion — but the real cost will be a lot higher, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute says.
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DEFENCE industry insiders are bewildered by a sudden push from South Australian senators to scrap the Future Submarines program.
‘Boys will be boys’ is not an excuse
EXCUSES such as “boys will be boys” are the start of a cycle of disrespect that ends in domestic violence, Minister for Women Kelly O’Dwyer will tell a national summit in Adelaide today.
Fears our subs jobs could go West
HUNDREDS of submarine jobs should immediately be shipped west, a top Defence expert says, if that is where the sustainment of the ageing Collins class submarine will end up.
It’s time we give chuggers the flick
If you’re the kind of person who can walk past those flagging you down to help starving children, more power to you. But many of us are conditioned to do the opposite, writes Tory Shepherd.
Online security – why hacking is still child’s play
AUSTRALIANS face rising threats from cyberattackers who target not just big defence projects but our increasing use of internet-connected household items such as kids’ toys.
Brides lured to Adelaide risk a life of abuse
WOMEN are being lured to Adelaide from overseas only to be enslaved, assaulted, intimidated and threatened by their husbands, the Legal Commission of South Australia warns.
$13 billion plan to save Murray at risk
FIVE billion dollars and the fate of the River Murray are at risk, the Productivity Commission warns in an ominous report.
Eureka! Time is right for amazing invention
ADELAIDE’S Sapphire Clock — a tool so accurate it gains or loses just one second every 40 million years — has won one of Australia’s most prestigious science prizes.
Water for drought relief could be a ‘loan’
DYING animals need water that can come from the eastern states and repaid to us when we most need it, South Australian Senator Anne Ruston says, as a fight flares over the River Murray.
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