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Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles

Marles’ meme mishap references sexually graphic TV scene

The deputy prime minister’s social post featuring an exchange from The White Lotus raises the question: what on Earth was he and/or his team thinking?

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

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Jo Tarnawsky and Richard Marles.

Richard Marles settles workplace lawsuit with former staffer on cusp of election campaign

Richard Marles has settled a lawsuit with his former chief of staff Jo Tarnawsky on the cusp of a federal election campaign.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Four Royal Australian Air Force F-111 aircraft head out to the ranges on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., February 14, 2006, during Red Flag 06-1.

Warp speed: Defence spending to accelerate ahead of election battle

The Trump administration has called on Australia to lift defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP, but both major parties see this as too ambitious.

  • Matthew Knott
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump’s pick for under-secretary of defence for policy at the Pentagon Elbridge Colby.

‘For us to determine’: Albanese pushes back on Trump pick’s defence call

Opposition finance spokeswoman Jane Hume said it was important to meet “the expectations of our strategic partners”, flagging a major rise in defence spending if Peter Dutton wins power.

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

‘We want a decision’: Marles slaps down official over key navy contract

Military experts said the presence of a Chinese flotilla had reinforced the vulnerabilities of Australia’s “old and small” fleet of warships.

  • Matthew Knott
Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

As Wong and Dutton exchange fire, the Chinese flotilla laps Australia

The foreign minister accused the Coalition of seeking political advantage from ships’ exercises in the Tasman with inflammatory rhetoric on China.

  • Matthew Knott
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People’s Liberation Army-Navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang was spotted 150 nautical miles off the coast of Sydney.

China conducts second live fire drill in Tasman Sea

The second live-fire exercise comes just hours after Defence Minister Richard Marles called on China to explain its failure to provide sufficient notice on the first drill on Friday.

  • Mike Foley
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Chinese warships’ live fire warning forces planes to divert between Australia, NZ

The Australian government is demanding answers from Beijing after commercial flights had to divert over the Tasman Sea after they received last-minute alert of Chinese warship exercises.

  • Matthew Knott and Matt O'Sullivan
People’s Liberation Army-Navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang.

‘Provocative’: Australians warned to get used to Chinese ships off the coast

Opposition defence spokesman Andrew Hastie labelled the flotilla’s behaviour “provocative”, asking: “What is the government doing about these warships?”

  • Matthew Knott
People’s Liberation Army-Navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang has been spotted 150 nautical miles off the coast of Sydney.

‘Watch every move’: Chinese warships spotted 150 nautical miles from Sydney

Three Chinese military ships are moving steadily down the east coast of Australia, the furthest they have gone in the waters without being on an official visit.

  • Matthew Knott

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