Forget Collins, these should be our defence priorities
A decade-long slow-motion defence crisis is now speeding up. Here are the moves the government should make next.
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Role of crime in anti-Semitic attacks is a complicating factor, not a cleansing one
Politics are at play in the story of a bomb that wasn’t a bomb and anti-Semitism that apparently wasn’t about Jew-hatred.
Trump shows strong hand, but we hold AUKUS ace
The US President’s speech to congress played to his strengths, but his announcement to ‘resurrect shipbuilding’ may present Australia with a golden opportunity.
Here are 10 lessons from Oval Office spat
Great television but poor diplomacy. Here’s a top ten list after the remarkable televised meeting in the Oval Office, and a prediction for JD Vance’s future.
Beijing tested our defences — Albanese blew it
In three decades of working closely with governments on defence strategy, I have never seen a prime minister less competent than Anthony Albanese at leading on national security.
‘PM’s jelly-back spinelessness’: China’s loud and clear message
Xi wants submission from Australia, not stability. Why make it easy for the Chinese navy? Let’s raise the cost to Beijing, not give it a free ride to demean us.
Security’s on cruise control; time to take the wheel, PM
Despite the US-Australia alliance being central to our security, Albanese has decided he is happy to have a second-tier relationship with his counterpart, Trump. Three significant failures underscore this.
President thunders, but it’s Hamas hell that may rain down
I think Hamas will call Donald Trump’s bluff. It may release some hostages but not all. It will string out Trump’s deadline, calculating the President won’t bring down hell on Gaza.
Gaza takeover? It’s worth a try, nothing else is working
The left in Australia will hate Trump’s burst of unlikely Middle East creativity. Perhaps it’s all part of a push for a new security order in the Middle East.
Wake up, Australia! We’re a coin toss away from a mass casualty attack
People are planning it. They are itching to do it. It will finish off Albanese’s leadership as sure as it will harm the innocents among us.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/peter-jennings