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Trump gets a flying palace. Keating was doomed to a jalopy in the sky
The prospect of Donald Trump accepting a $600 million jet from Qatar is a reminder that Australia does things differently, as Paul Keating understood years ago.
- Tony Wright
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The year the Anzacs came: the little-known story one English village still tells its children
Leighterton still relied on horse-drawn carts when a few hundred young Australians arrived in 1918, weaving their way through the skies above and into the hearts of the villagers below.
- Rob Harris
The fourth service: How AUKUS is consuming the defence budget
Army. Air force. Navy … AUKUS? The nuclear submarine program could soon cost as much as, or more than, other branches of our military, experts say.
- Matthew Knott
Navy practises submarine hunting off WA coast
The 2025 anti-submarine war exercise launched from HMAS Stirling south of Perth on Tuesday morning.
- Hamish Hastie
- Updated
- Extreme weather
Australian navy rescues man rowing from US to Brisbane caught in Cyclone Alfred
The rower was battling 80km/h winds and heavy seas brought on by Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
- Callum Godde
China accuses Australia of deliberate provocation in South China Sea
China’s Defence Ministry accused an Australian military aircraft of ignoring the main routes in the busy waterway, saying it “broke into the homes” of others.
- Liz Lee, Xiuhao Chen and Kirsty Needham
- Exclusive
- Remembrance Day
He was Australia’s deadliest Battle of Britain pilot. Now, his plane will fly again
Pat Hughes shot down more German aircraft than any other Australian pilot when the Luftwaffe attacked during the Battle of Britain.
- Tim Barlass
- Opinion
- China relations
Was Biden’s ‘hot mic’ China warning OTT? New footage of this mid-air bullying suggests not
The Australian government speaks reassuringly of a “stabilised” relationship with Beijing. China’s national broadcaster portrays a very different state of affairs.
- Peter Hartcher
Hurley asks King about his health in emotional final overseas trip on duty
Governor-General David Hurley’s job is almost done. But his final trip overseas, his 19th in the job, was as moving as any that had come before.
- Rob Harris
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