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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Education Minister Jason Clare.

Labor slams Peter Dutton for creating ‘fake fight’ over Australia Day

Education Minister Jason Clare accused the opposition leader of seeking to distract voters from “the mess of his crazy policies”.

  • Olivia Ireland

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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in 2017.

Trump signals tougher approach with Putin on Ukraine

“We can do it the easy way, or the hard way,” said Trump, who previously claimed he would end the war within 24 hours of being sworn in as president.

  • Rob Harris
Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Penny Wong, left, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles arrive for the Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations in London, England.

Australian troops could play role in Ukraine peace deal

Australian and British ministers hold talks amid pressure from Donald Trump for European countries to consider sending troops to Ukraine as peacekeepers.

  • Rob Harris
German shipbuilder TKMS’ Meko A-200 frigate is also under consideration for the Australian navy’s general purpose frigate.

Japan and Germany battle for edge in lucrative war ship deal

Japan is seeking to capitalise on its rapidly deepening “quasi alliance” with Australia as it competes with Germany for a $10 billion shipbuilding deal.

  • Matthew Knott
Jo Tarnawsky

Ousted staffer blames Marles for alleged office bullying, wants him to say sorry

Jo Tarnawsky claims the deputy prime minister offered her half a year of leave “off the books” which would have cost the taxpayer $135,000.

  • Olivia Ireland
Russian ambassador to Australia Aleksey Pavlovsky.

Torture is not ‘a yes or no question’: Russian ambassador

Alexey Pavlovsky said the UN was biased and the situation was complicated when grilled on ABC’s Radio National about the use of torture by Russian forces in Ukraine.

  • Michelle Griffin
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Minister for Defence 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.

  • Matthew Knott
Former Labor Leader Bill Shorten is throwing a party to say goodbye to politics.

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.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
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
MPs claiming flights.

See the free flights our most senior MPs take

Who flew where, how and who paid are fast becoming the defining questions in politics.

  • Millie Muroi

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