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Federal budget
Cost of caring for veterans climbs to $13 billion
A backlog of 60,000 unprocessed medical and compensation claims from veterans has been cleared – and has delivered a $13 billion hit to the budget.
- by Shane Wright
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Joanna alerted the army about her husband. The ADF ‘vilified’ her. He later took his own life
The Australian Defence Force failed the veteran and treated his widow “appallingly”, a coroner has found.
- by Ben Cubby and Patrick Begley
Accused Russian spies may apply for bail as case held up by translations
Australian Army private Kira Korolev and her labourer husband Igor Korolev were arrested in July, accused of spying on Australia for Russia.
- by Savannah Meacham
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Telling Israel the killing must stop in Gaza is not antisemitic
Israel had every right respond to Hamas, but some of its supporters ignore a critical constraint under international law.
- by Rodger Shanahan
Three Australian soldiers charged with drug trafficking offences
Investigators intercepted cash sent through the mail which the three men allegedly intended to use to purchase and resell cocaine at a profit.
- by Angus Dalton
Sex offenders to be booted from Defence Force in sweeping overhaul
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it was time to act to combat an “epidemic” of suicide among former and current military personnel.
- by Matthew Knott and Alyssa Talakovski
Japanese troops in Top End sends clear message to China
Australia, the US and Japan have sent a defiant message to China by putting their increasingly close partnership on an alliance-style footing.
- by Matthew Knott
After watching his veteran father plant it 90 years ago, John returns to a great elm at the Shrine
Dr John Miller will be a guest of honour at the Shrine of Remembrance on Monday. He attended the inauguration of the Shrine on November 11, 1934.
- by Tony Wright
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Defence
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.
- by Matthew Knott
‘Machine guns and men in trenches’: On the eve of battle, Albert Jacka made an awful discovery
In early 1917, as the Allies prepared to take Bullecourt on the Western Front, Jacka was sent into No-Man’s Land.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Swinger, former elite soldier to face trial over threesome rape charges
The two men have been ordered to stand trial over the alleged rape of a heavily intoxicated woman during a threesome at an inner-city apartment.
- by Cameron Houston
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