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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
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Families briefed on safety report into army chopper crash
Investigators ruled out the controversial night vision visor system TopOwl as a contributing factor, despite damning evidence being heard in a separate public inquiry in Brisbane.
- Fraser Barton
‘Person 17’: Conversation with Ben Roberts-Smith’s ex-lover at centre of appeal bid
Three judges will hear Ben Roberts-Smith’s application to introduce a leaked audio recording in evidence in his defamation appeal.
- Michaela Whitbourn
- Opinion
- Defence spending
Whoever wins the election, stop the rot in Defence. We’re in peril as never before
Australia confronts the greatest ever threats to its security, yet our bloated defence aristocracy is intellectually stunted. We need urgent action – and that includes a debate on the introduction of national service.
- Mick Ryan
Military veterans ditch the khaki for a parade of a different kind
A veterans’ march, but not as we know it, was held among Sunday joggers along Melbourne’s Tan.
- Carolyn Webb
Australia is buying the ‘best submarines in the world’. Here’s what we’ll get
One of the US Navy’s most prized assets – a Virginia-class nuclear submarine – has been visiting Australia. We stepped aboard for a rare tour.
- Matthew Knott
The two Black Hawk helicopters restricted from helping in a disaster
The NSW Rural Fire Service is spending millions retrofitting two choppers, but it won’t be able to use them for floods, bushfires and other disasters.
- Matt O'Sullivan
‘We need you’: NSW’s plea to rely on Defence in natural disasters
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred stalked the coast for days, but while the flooding risk for Lismore was downgraded, NSW is not out of the woods yet.
- Matt Wade and Chris Barrett
UK welcomes Albanese’s willingness to commit peacekeeping troops
Australia’s top military representative in Europe is preparing to head to Paris for high-powered talks on the future of Ukraine.
- Matthew Knott
- Opinion
- Extreme weather
I dropped my camera and rushed to help after discovering mayhem of army trucks rollover
The Herald’s chief photographer Nick Moir was driving towards Lismore when he came across the accident involving two Australian Defence Force vehicles.
- Nick Moir
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