Richard Marles
Westpac gets pride of place at Jim Chalmers’ post-budget address
The treasurer’s National Press Club speech was a final chance for a bit of lobbying action before the election campaign kicks off.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Latest
Marles’ meme mishap references sexually graphic TV scene
The deputy prime minister’s social post featuring an exchange from The White Lotus raises the question: what on Earth was he and/or his team thinking?
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Richard Marles settles workplace lawsuit with former staffer on cusp of election campaign
Richard Marles has settled a lawsuit with his former chief of staff Jo Tarnawsky on the cusp of a federal election campaign.
- Cassandra Morgan
- Exclusive
- Australia votes
Warp speed: Defence spending to accelerate ahead of election battle
The Trump administration has called on Australia to lift defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP, but both major parties see this as too ambitious.
- Matthew Knott
‘For us to determine’: Albanese pushes back on Trump pick’s defence call
Opposition finance spokeswoman Jane Hume said it was important to meet “the expectations of our strategic partners”, flagging a major rise in defence spending if Peter Dutton wins power.
- Matthew Knott
‘We want a decision’: Marles slaps down official over key navy contract
Military experts said the presence of a Chinese flotilla had reinforced the vulnerabilities of Australia’s “old and small” fleet of warships.
- Matthew Knott
- Updated
- China relations
As Wong and Dutton exchange fire, the Chinese flotilla laps Australia
The foreign minister accused the Coalition of seeking political advantage from ships’ exercises in the Tasman with inflammatory rhetoric on China.
- Matthew Knott
- Updated
- Defence
China conducts second live fire drill in Tasman Sea
The second live-fire exercise comes just hours after Defence Minister Richard Marles called on China to explain its failure to provide sufficient notice on the first drill on Friday.
- Mike Foley
- Updated
- Defence
Chinese warships’ live fire warning forces planes to divert between Australia, NZ
The Australian government is demanding answers from Beijing after commercial flights had to divert over the Tasman Sea after they received last-minute alert of Chinese warship exercises.
- Matthew Knott and Matt O'Sullivan
‘Provocative’: Australians warned to get used to Chinese ships off the coast
Opposition defence spokesman Andrew Hastie labelled the flotilla’s behaviour “provocative”, asking: “What is the government doing about these warships?”
- Matthew Knott
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