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Hello, readers. Annastacia Palaszczuk slams the decision to dump the parade of athletes and the new Chief of Defence will soon be named.

Hello, readers. Annastacia Palaszczuk slams the decision to dump the parade of athletes and the new Chief of Defence will soon be named.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk with Tourism Minister Kate Jones to officially launch the new Queensland tourism campaign, Alexandra Headland, Mooloolaba, on Sunday April 1, 2018 (AAP Image/Steve Pohlner)

‘Hang their head in shame’

A furious Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk slams the decision by games organisers to dump the traditional parade of athletes.

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Job ID PD835319. Chief of the Australian Army Lieutenant General Angus Campbell during his address at the National Press Club in Canberra, on the Army Domestic Violence Awareness Program - 'Silence is the Accomplice'. Picture Gary Ramage

New defence chief to be named

Australia’s new Chief of Defence is tipped to be a former special forces commander who played a key role in restoring order in East Timor.

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Senator Jim Molan delivering his Maiden speech in the Senate Chamber, at Parliament House in Canberra.

Australia’s ‘single point of failure’ exposed

Liberal Senator Jim Molan says there needs to be “action” on our low fuel reserves in the wake of the joint Syrian airstrikes.

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(FILES) This file photo taken on May 26, 2017 shows (L-R) French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Donald Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May attending the Summit of the Heads of State and of Government of the G7 plus the European Union in Taormina, Sicily. The US, Britain and France ordered overnight on April 14, 2018 a major military operation by deciding to conduct joint strikes against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad in response to alleged chemical weapons attacks. / AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN

Three amigos strike for good

The combined American, British and French strike on Syria is the most important geo-strategic development of the Trump era so far, writes Greg Sheridan.

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12/04/2018: Television reporter Ross Coulthart is leaving 60 Minutes. He speaking to The Australian about the future of the media industry. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Coulthart bemoans end of era

The advice investigative journalist Ross Coulthart has for whistleblowers who phone him up is short, sharp and shocking.