This Month
Cruises diverted as aid is rushed to quake-struck Vanuatu
At least 14 people were killed and hundreds injured in two earthquakes in the South Pacific nation, and Australian rescue crews and medical teams are being urgently deployed.
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- James Hall and Tom McIlroy
Trump won’t torpedo AUKUS subs deal, says Marles
Despite fears the president-elect will cool on the pact as the US struggles to produce enough submarines, the Australian defence minister says he will back the deal.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
Softbank woos Trump; Mother of all bubbles; 3 infuriating charts
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Collins-class submarines listed as ‘product of concern’
The government has promised to fix maintenance issues with the navy’s submarine fleet amid concerns they can’t go to sea as much.
- Andrew Tillett
These new missiles mean the Navy has its most lethal fleet yet
Warships are now capable of firing missiles with a range 20 times greater than before, after destroyers test fired a Tomahawk missile last week.
- Andrew Tillett
Marles orders probe of ‘toxic’ culture in $368b submarine agency
A former top bureaucrat will look at the Australian Submarine Agency amid growing concerns over its structure and staff turnover.
- Andrew Tillett
November
David Collard keeping records from liquidators
He seems to show no indication of wanting to do right by creditors, which include the Australian Tax Office and the employees in the town where he grew up.
- Myriam Robin
David Collard paid for Rolls-Royce as staff woes mounted
It’s the latest tightening rope around the flashy businessman, who had plans for his multinational business to build electric “gigabatteries” in Geelong.
- Myriam Robin
Marles’ ‘exiled’ chief of staff sues over bullying claim
Jo Tarnawsky is seeking compensation and damages over how senior government figures treated her after she complained about workplace bullying.
- Andrew Tillett
Signing nuclear deal would shred Australia’s credibility: Turnbull
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says Australia must make its own decisions, not embrace domestic nuclear power to please its allies.
- Tom McIlroy and Paul Smith
Trump picks former wrestling CEO as education secretary
Donald Trump says Linda McMahon will fight “tirelessly” to expand universal school choice; Anthony Albanese agrees to renewable energy partnership with India at G20. How the day unfolded.
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- Lucy Slade and Timothy Moore
- Opinion
- Defence
AUKUS problems go beyond Trump
While people fret about US ties under a Trump presidency, US ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy has highlighted some issues go beyond personnel.
- Andrew Tillett
- Exclusive
- US election
Rudd, Wong scramble to shore up Trump ties in coin-flip election
Senior Albanese government figures met with Mike Pompeo, the former president’s close ally, and others associated with his last administration.
- Andrew Tillett
October
China’s dystopian surveillance operator gets eyes in Canberra
Labor-aligned Hawker Britton recently took on a new client: China’s surveillance giant Hikvision.
- Mark Di Stefano
Inside Labor’s angst over AUKUS
Labor’s opposition to the Vietnam War and 2003 Iraq invasion may have cost it two elections, but they were the right calls, writes former senator Kim Carr in his new book.
- Kim Carr
Australian tanks to help evict Russians from Ukraine
The Albanese government has made a U-turn on gifting the army’s old tanks to Ukraine after months of pleading.
- Andrew Tillett
Sunk cost: how the AUKUS bill keeps rising for taxpayers
The government is preparing to unveil plans for an expansion worth up to $20 billion for Perth’s shipyard - one of Canberra’s biggest ever infrastructure projects.
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- Andrew Tillett
Marles staffer complains she is being ‘bullied’ out of her job
Jo Tarnawsky, chief of staff to Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, says she wants the minister and others to be held accountable.
- Andrew Tillett
- Exclusive
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel says Iran an affront to peace as it marks October 7 anniversary
The strongly worded comments from Israel’s ambassador to Australia come as the Jewish state considers a “serious and significant” response against Tehran.
- Andrew Tillett
Anti-Israel rally to go ahead despite safety fears
NSW Police have dropped their opposition to the protests after initially launching court action that would have denied the organisers a permit to occupy city streets.
- Maxim Shanahan and Ronald Mizen