Ellen Whinnett

Ellen Whinnett is The Australian’s associate editor. She is a dual Walkley Award-winning journalist and best-selling author, with a specific interest in national security, investigations and features. She is a former political editor and foreign correspondent who has reported from more than 35 countries across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

@ellenwhinnett

Ellen Whinnett

Latest

UkraineTechnology

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during a meeting of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Board in Moscow on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Putin opened ground war with cyber satellite strike

Russian cyber attackers unleashed malware that disrupted satellite communications in Ukraine and Europe within an hour of President Vladimir Putin the Ukraine invasion, experts have revealed.

Ellen Whinnett

ExclusivePolitics

EMBARGO FOR TWAM 01 OCTOBER 2022. FEE MAY APPLY. Abdul Nacer Benbrika at Sydney airport after flying in under a false name. Terrorist. Abdul Benbrika

Notorious terrorist set for release

The commonwealth will seek to have Abdul Nacer Benbrika placed on an extended supervision order – a clear sign he will be released from jail this year.

Ellen Whinnett

ExclusivePolitics

EMBARGO FOR TWAM 01 OCTOBER 2022. FEE MAY APPLY. ABC TV video still of self-styled Islamic radical Abdul Nacer Benbrika (aka Abu Bakr) during an interview with ABC-TV at his home in Melbourne.

Benbrika ruling to set stage for nation’s citizenship laws

Abdul Nacer Benbrika has gone to the nation’s highest court seeking to have his Australian citizenship restored in a case that will define Australia’s next-generation citizenship laws.

Ellen Whinnett

EXCLUSIVENation

GUANGYUAN, CHINA - JULY 31: Hikvision security cameras are seen on July 31, 2020 in Guangyuan, Sichuan Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

Purge grows on China-linked CCTV devices

Every Australian Government department is auditing and removing their Chinese Communist Party-linked CCTV and other recording devices.

Ellen Whinnett

exclusivePolitics

An aboriginal woman looks into Sam's office as Consumer Protection Investigators visit Sam Tomarchio owner of the LA Motel who lends money to aborigines, Laverton, WA. An investigator is getting gear out of there car on the left.

Cashless card axe left chaos

Mayors of four towns affected by the abolition of the cashless debit card in WA say a sudden influx of cash on to the streets has led to a surge in violence, child neglect and dysfunction.

Ellen Whinnett

Security advice soughtNation

traffic security camera surveillance (CCTV) in the city

Chinese-made cameras found in 88 MP offices

Officials are racing to remove 122 Hikvision or Dahua devices found in the electorate offices of federal MPs.

Ellen Whinnett

ExclusiveDefence

A United Kingdom Royal Navy nuclear powered submarine arrived for a routine logistics and crew respite visit at HMAS Stirling on Friday, 29 October, 2021.

Chinese cameras stripped out of Defence sites

Forty-two suspected Chinese-made cameras are removed from Defence sites, including the home of Australia’s SAS regiment.

Ellen Whinnett

EXCLUSIVENation

David Van with the 80th brigade in front of a bushmaster somewhere in Donbas region. Picture - David Van

Drone maker paid for Lib Senator’s jaunt to Ukraine

David Van defied official advice and flew to Ukraine last year courtesy of a defence manufacturing company that had previously received millions of dollars in grants.

Ellen Whinnett

exclusivePolitics

February 2023: There have been reports of increased crime and violence related incidents in Ceduna following the cancelation of the cashless welfare card system. Ceduna Mayor Ken Maynard and Ceduna Council CEO Tim Coote. PIC: Andrew Brooks

Little agreement on the ‘benefits’

Fewer than 700 out of more than 13,000 welfare beneficiaries forced on to the cashless debit card have remained subject to income management after Labor abolished it.

Ellen Whinnett

exclusivePolitics

Welfare card cut, ‘now it’s bedlam’

Residents of the remote town of Ceduna have held a crisis meeting following the abolition of Australia’s first cashless debit card program.

Ellen Whinnett

Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/ellen-whinnett/page/12