Richard Marles
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
Latest
Bill Shorten plots his Canberra farewell par-tay
The former Labor leader looks set to make a night of it in the capital after he formally bids adieu to parliament.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Exclusive
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
See the free flights our most senior MPs take
Who flew where, how and who paid are fast becoming the defining questions in politics.
- by Millie Muroi
Australia buys $7b worth of US missiles for ‘greatest arms race’ since World War II
The deal will equip Australia’s navy with hundreds of advanced US-made long-range weapons.
- by Michelle Griffin
Opinion
Foreign relations
‘Airbus Albo’ has forgotten he has his own plane
The immediate decision before Albanese was how to deal with two important heads of state asking for attention at almost the same time. Why couldn’t he satisfy both?
- by Peter Hartcher
Australia gives ‘retiring’ tanks to Ukraine for war efforts
The donation of 49 Abrams tanks will take the total of Australian aid to $1.5b for the embattled nation.
- by David Crowe
Marles should quit if ‘bullying’ response breached code: Coalition
Deputy Opposition Leader Sussan Ley said Jo Tarnawsky’s allegations of being shunted aside as the defence minister’s chief of staff were “extremely serious”.
- by Olivia Ireland
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Workplace culture
‘Bullied’ Marles staffer says support service lawyered up after ouster
The deputy prime minister’s chief of staff claims she was ‘bullied out’ of her job after reporting workplace issues, leaving her with panic attacks and flashbacks.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Paul Sakkal
Editorial
Middle East tensions
Poll reveals harsh truth for Middle East protesters
On the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, our Resolve Political Monitor poll finds little support for Sunday protests.
- The Herald's View
Keating, Marles exchange fire over pact to buy US submarines
Paul Keating says the AUKUS defence pact is “act of sublimation” to the US. Richard Marles thinks the plan has a parallel in the Labor luminary’s time as PM.
- by David Crowe and Rob Harris
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