September 2023
- Exclusive
- Aviation
New aircraft backlog stretches well into 2030s: Boeing boss
The aerospace company’s global president and chief executive, Dave Calhoun, says high ticket prices are here to stay as long as there are not enough aircraft to meet demand.
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- Mark Ludlow
October 2022
Forget the glitz - Labor’s budget bash is a low-key affair
If a federal jobs summit dominated by unions rather than CEOs set the tone, Labor’s No. 1 budget continued the theme.
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- Samantha Hutchinson
September 2022
Brendan Nelson to head Boeing International in London
The former defence minister will be only the second non-American to hold the role.
- Andrew Tillett
July 2022
Qantas, Virgin ‘hostage’ to markets on sustainable fuel
Australia is producing feed stock used to create biofuels in other parts of the world and paying “seriously inflated” costs to import the fuels back, a Boeing executive says.
- Lucas Baird
June 2022
- Opinion
- Australia's China challenge
Marles has some hardware headaches left on his desk
Australia’s huge defence spend will demand yet more difficult decisions for the new defence minister in coming months.
- Andrew Tillett
June 2021
Brendan Nelson ‘cautioned’ over association with Ben Roberts-Smith
Former federal defence minister Brendan Nelson says he was cautioned by a senior government figure about his support for Ben Roberts-Smith following the publication for articles which the former special forces soldier alleges are defamatory.
- Max Mason
December 2020
War Memorial redevelopment gets heritage approval
Architects, former directors, historians and heritage campaigners oppose the $500m plan to dramatically increase the size of the historic Canberra institution.
- Tom McIlroy
November 2020
SAS soldiers to be dismissed over war crimes probe
Administrative action has begun against some personnel after the damning report
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Defence
When the flag becomes a shroud of military secrecy
A government too keen to treat the military as props must use the dreadful revelations on Afghanistan to be more open on matters of war and peace.
- Laura Tingle
October 2020
- Exclusive
- Australian War Memorial
Former veterans minister warns of War Memorial heritage risk
Rudd government minister Alan Griffin is lobbying MPs over a planned $500 million redevelopment.
- Tom McIlroy
Fundraising in the time of coronavirus
The federal budget has long been a marquee fundraising event for the Liberal and National parties. This year, it's a little different.
- Myriam Robin and Joe Aston
August 2020
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: War Memorial - no harm intended to heritage
Australia and the Quad; Queensland locks out NSW and ACT; Australia Post delays delivery; vaccine development and the church; Matt Canavan and coal-fired power.
Monuments panel warns of war memorial heritage damage
A leading international advocacy group for the protection of historic sites has reservations about changes in the national capital.
- Tom McIlroy
War Memorial upgrade won't come at veterans' expense: PM
Scott Morrison says the $500 million redevelopment of the Australian War Memorial is a 'tremendous project' which will not steer funds away from supporting war veterans' mental health.
- Tom McIlroy
'Motivated by resentment': verbal grenades in War Memorial heritage battle
Former defence minister Brendan Nelson has hit back at critics of a $500 million redevelopment of the Australian War Memorial.
- Tom McIlroy
July 2020
'Shameful': ex-directors oppose War Memorial redevelopment
Brendon Kelson and Steve Gower oppose a planned $500 million expansion of the historic Canberra site and say it fails to honour the sombre nature of the Memorial.
- Tom McIlroy
June 2020
War Memorial boss rejects 'theme park' redevelopment concerns
The historic Canberra site's footprint will be expanded by about 80 per cent.
- Tom McIlroy
October 2019
Kerry Stokes guaranteed $500m War Memorial plan
Seven West chairman and Rich Lister Kerry Stokes gave a "personal guarantee" to the federal government that a half billion dollar upgrade to the Australian War Memorial would stay within its controversial budget.
- Tom McIlroy