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US and Australian officials talked tariffs over a breakfast meeting at the ambassador’s residence in Washington.

‘Trump’s call’: Australia’s diplomatic assault over tariffs hits roadblock

Kevin Rudd put on a breakfast spread for Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his US counterpart in Washington. But the key decision-maker was missing.

  • Michael Koziol

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Former intelligence operative Neil Fergus and ASIO chief Mike Burgess.

A secret agent, the KGB and a ‘witch-hunt’: The ASIO raid that infuriated Australia’s ex-spies

The decision by ASIO to raid a high-profile former officer is unprecedented in the agency’s recent history and has divided Australia’s intelligence community.

  • Matthew Knott and Nick McKenzie
Online radicalisation

Five Eyes nations sound unprecedented alarm on ‘shocking’ teenage terror threat

Australian children as young as 12 are at risk of becoming terrorists, demanding a “whole-of-society” response to online radicalisation, authorities say.

  • Matthew Knott
The Australian Defence Force is struggling to meet its recruitment targets.

Want Gen Z to sign up to the army? Give them $50,000 for a house deposit

The Australian Defence Force is facing a major shortfall as it tries to boost personnel numbers. Could generous housing policies unlock a flood of new recruits?

  • Matthew Knott
Defence Minister Richard Marles said Australia was “crossing the Rubicon” by allowing non-citizens to serve with the Australian Defence Force.

‘Can’t get story straight’: Confusion over plan to allow foreigners to serve in ADF

Defence Minister Richard Marles sidestepped questions about whether permanent residents from autocracies such as China would be allowed to serve in the ADF.

  • Matthew Knott
The future of the Five Eyes agreement remains uncertain.

Time for a long hard look at the importance of the Five Eyes alliance

Australia belongs to an alphabet soup of international groupings like ANZUS, AUKUS, the Quad and so on. One of the most important, yet difficult to categorise, is the Five Eyes

  • George Brandis
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ASIO Director-General of Security Mike Burgess.

Global intelligence chiefs lash China’s ‘sanctioned’ theft of intellectual property

ASIO boss Mike Burgess also took the rare step of rebuking China even as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepares to visit later this year.

  • Farrah Tomazin
Cyber persistence theory.

We’ve been getting cyber wrong for years, new book claims

In “cyber persistence theory”, winning hackers don’t dominate or coerce their enemies, as they would with military arms. They instead take the initiative and restructure the landscape.

  • Chris Zappone
Minister for Home Affairs Clare O’Neil says all temporary skilled workers will be offered a pathway to permanent residency.

Australia, Five Eyes partners blame China for malicious hacking campaign

Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said the government was “not going to be shy” about calling out state-sponsored hacking campaigns.

  • Matthew Knott

Russia now knows who hacked Medibank, but it’s doing nothing about it

The Australian Federal Police has had no response after providing detailed intelligence on those it believes were behind last year’s devastating privacy breach.

  • Nick McKenzie and Amelia Balinger

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