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Liberal senator Hollie Hughes has slammed Angus Taylor as a shadow treasurer.

Angus Taylor, Donald Trump blamed for Coalition’s devastating defeat

Liberal senator Hollie Hughes has ripped into shadow treasurer Angus Taylor, saying he is incapable of leading the party.

  • Olivia Ireland and Daniel Lo Surdo

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Dutton and Hastie at a campaign press conference last week.

Andrew Hastie is ‘leadership material’ but there’s still votes to be counted: Cash

As the dust settles on the Coalition’s extraordinary election defeat, the party will need to elect a new leader following its former leader Peter Dutton’s defeat in his own seat of Dickson.

  • Hamish Hastie
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has vowed to significantly outspend Labor on defence.

Dutton heeds Trump’s call on defence, vows to massively outspend Labor

The Coalition will promise to significantly outspend Labor by increasing defence spending to 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product by 2030.

  • Matthew Knott
Andrew Hastie standing behind Peter Dutton at a press conference in Darwin earlier in the campaign.

Andrew Hastie is a rising Liberal star. Where is he in the election campaign?

Since he entered parliament a decade ago, Andrew Hastie has been spoken about as a potential Liberal leader but has been strangely absent from the campaign.

  • Matthew Knott
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton with the former Liberal candidate for Whitlam, Benjamin Britton, in January.

Dutton vows to support women in combat after dumped candidate goes on attack

Former Liberal candidate Benjamin Britton claimed the party’s defence spokesman Andrew Hastie shared his view that women should not be in combat units.

  • Olivia Ireland, Natassia Chrysanthos and Matthew Knott
Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie at the waterfront of Mandurah,.

Andrew Hastie has Rockingham citizenship ceremony speech cancelled at last minute

Hastie was invited to speak at the ceremony but was contacted by the city earlier in the day to tell him that invite had been rescinded on the basis of election caretaker provisions. 

  • Hamish Hastie
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People’s Liberation Army-Navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang.

‘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
What’s on WA politicians’ reading and watch lists this festive season? Pictures: Supplied

The books, podcasts and TV shows keeping WA politicians entertained these holidays

When they’re not reading legislation or listening to parliamentary debate what books, podcasts and movies are WA politicians using to relax?

  • Hamish Hastie
Victoria Barracks, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, is one of the Defence sites that was scrutinised by the audit review.

Defence real estate sell-off put on ice

The Coalition and Greens leapt upon the delay to accuse the Albanese government of dithering when required to make tough decisions about the defence portfolio.

  • Matthew Knott
Former Defence Force chief Angus Campbell has said he did not receive any reports of wrongdoing or alleged war crimes during his time as the commander of Australian forces in the Middle East. 

‘Moral accountability demands more’: Calls for top brass to hand back medals

Former Defence Force chief Angus Campbell and other leading military figures are facing growing calls to surrender their military honours after more junior Afghanistan war commanders were stripped of theirs.

  • Matthew Knott

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