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Peter Jennings is director of Strategic Analysis Australia and an adjunct fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. He was executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute from 2012 to 2022. He is a former deputy secretary for strategy in the Defence Department (2009-12) and was a senior adviser for strategic policy to Prime Minister John Howard (2002-03) and chief of staff to Defence Minister Ian McLachlan (1996-98).

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RGB for online SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 9, 2023: ÃƒÆ’Ã‚â€™Rally For A Free PalestineÃƒÆ’Ã‚â€œ protest on the forecourt of The Sydney Opera House in Sydney following the recent outbreak of war between Israel and Palestine. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

PM fiddles while anti-Semitic hatred burns

We need the kind of leadership that sets moral standards with decisive action, not that equivocates in the face of violence.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - NOVEMBER 18: Cyril Ramaphosa president of South Africa and Xi Jinping president of China and Anthony Albanese prime minister of Australia pose as part of the G20 Summit 2024 at Museu de Arte Moderna on November 18, 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 2024 G20 Summit takes place in Brazil for the first time. The event gathers leaders of the most important economies. Starvation, sustainable development or social inclusion are some of the issues to be during the summit. (Photo by Wagner Meier/Getty Images)

PM’s precarious US-China juggling is about to reach its use by date

Albanese wants to create the impression that he will, to quote his favourite phrase, ‘disagree where we must’ with China, but this belies his overall deference to Xi.

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Australian Ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd speaks during an event promoting former Prime Minister of Australia Scott MorrisonÃ¢â¬â¢s new book Ã¢â¬ÅPlans for Your Good: A Prime MinisterÃ¢â¬â¢s Testimony of GodÃ¢â¬â¢s FaithfulnessÃ¢â¬Â at the Australian Embassy on May 14, 2024 in Washington, D.C.

Rudd dilemma should’ve been resolved long ago — it’s too late now

Kevin Rudd should’ve reached out directly to Trump, starting in 2023, to clear the air about his very sharp criticisms of him. The sin is less about the sharp words than seeking to make amends. It’s too late now.

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WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 06: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump departs an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Americans cast their ballots today in the presidential race between Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as multiple state elections that will determine the balance of power in Congress. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

The Hulk is back, and he won’t like our defence weakness

During the 2016 presidential election I wrote that the United States desperately needed Captain America but instead got the Incredible Hulk. Now the Hulk is back and even stronger.

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Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was caught above ground by the IDF.

The war in Gaza is not over … but we are nearing the beginning of the end

With Yahya Sinwar’s death, Israel is stronger, Hamas is on the way out, and Hezbollah and the Houthis with them. Iran is in deep trouble … but highly dangerous.

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Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the site of an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon

Israel left with few choices as Iran raises nuclear threat

With no real stake in the outcome, the Albanese government is urging Israel to halt combat operations so Iran has more time to build nuclear weapons.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. NewsWire Photos. SEPTEMBER 12, 2024. More protest activity expected around Melbourne CBD and outside the Land Forces defence expo at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre. Police have been given special powers to control protesters angry that the Ãwar mongeringÃ exhibition is being held. NewsWire/Nadir Kinani

Tolerating these street protests has incubated extremism

It shouldn’t have happened this way. The Albanese government has let domestic sympathy for terrorist groups grow to the point that Australia risks violence and breaking our social fabric.

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CREDIT: Corporal Mark Doran. Australian Army soldier Private Graham Cody of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conducts communications during the amphibious assault at Fog Bay, in the Northern Territory, on 11 July during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2015.

Defence torpor leaves us exposed to the China threat

So how, exactly, does our nation function if all communications have been cut, defence bases destroyed and basic services crippled?

Anthony Bergin and Peter Jennings

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58-year-old Ryan Routh of Hawaii is the suspect in the latest assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump.

Tolerating hard left and Islamist extremism on our streets was never going to end well

Lone gunmen like the Trump assassins don’t emerge in a vacuum. The unholy alliance between hardline Muslims and leftists needs to be checked for the sake of the nation.

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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - September 12, 2024: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles finalised the commitment to close out the recommendations of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry report at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

War crimes debacle exposes Defence leadership vacuum

It is a national tragedy that the alleged appalling behaviour of such a tiny group has come to define the service of a generation of military personnel.

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