Refugee intake highest since the end of Vietnam War
In the five years to 2023, department figures show most refugees taken by Australia came from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Myanmar and Congo.
Afghanistan
Brereton report’s memorial spot
The refurbished Australian War Memorial will include an exhibit focusing on the one of the darkest chapters in the nation’s military history.
ISIS suicide bomber kills Taliban minister in Kabul
An Islamic State suicide bombing in Kabul on Wednesday killed a Taliban minister in the highest-profile casualty since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan three years ago.
Former asylum seeker hits Israel and Labor in seat bid
Former Afghan asylum seeker Samim Moslih, backed by grassroots Muslim campaigns, aims to topple a Labor stronghold, Victoria’s Calwell seat, and calls Israel a ‘colonial project’.
CA fobbs off accusations of virtue signalling over Afghanistan
Incoming CA boss Todd Greenberg has already been forced on the back foot by a former ICC chair unloading on Australia’s decision to boycott playing Afghanistan, but chair Mike Baird has backed the boycott.
Women to be barred from health studies
Senior employees at several institutions offering nursing and midwifery courses in Afghanistan said women would be barred from classes, following an edict by the Taliban supreme leader.
‘Engage with Taliban before Afghanistan becomes another North Korea’
Australian media mogul Saad Mohseni plays a cat-and-mouse game with the Taliban, airing TV to millions of Afghan girls, but says we have to engage with our former enemy before it’s too late.
Afghan teen keeps the fight alive
A teenager who narrowly escaped after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan three years ago has won the prestigious KidsRights Prize for her fight for women’s rights.
ABC boss faces grilling over ‘fake audio’
Executives from the public broadcaster will be questioned about the issues surrounding a problematic ABC 7.30 report which aired doctored audio from an Australian military operation.
ABC ‘sorry’ for fake gunshot scandal
The public broadcaster has apologised for publishing multiple stories with errors in relation to a military operation by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan.
ABC’s big call on ‘fake gunshot’ scandal
The ABC has released an interim report into a bombshell investigation in which the public broadcaster aired altered audio of an Australian soldier.
Putting veterans’ skill to work a win-win situation
Australia’s service personnel are some of the most highly trained and skilled professionals in our nation.
Taliban outlaws images of people and animals
At least two TV channels in northern Afghanistan have stopped showing images of living beings, in line with new orders from morality police.
Australia’s new border boss revealed
An Afghanistan veteran and defence intelligence chief has been appointed as the new boss of the Border Force.
ABC ignored ‘multiple’ warnings on war story
The ABC was notified multiple times – not just once, as it has claimed – about serious errors in its coverage of an operation involving Australian soldiers in Afghanistan in 2012, but failed to address the problems.
How Aussie radio inspired Afghanistan’s biggest media company
Saad Mohseni says his news channel has more female broadcasters than ever but he has sleepless nights about navigating grey areas under the repressive regime.
ABC ignored ‘doctored’ audio concerns
ABC boss David Anderson admits the broadcaster’s legal team ignored a letter raising concerns over audio depicting an Australian soldier shooting at unarmed civilians in Afghanistan.
Military watchdog blasted over ‘command ties’
The military watchdog that ruled the ADF’s most senior officers were not accountable for war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan is seen as ‘umbilically linked’ to Defence’s command structure.
ABC news boss ‘won’t pre-empt’ Russell apology
Justin Stevens concedes the issue with altered audio in a news report on alleged war crimes in Afghanistan ‘shouldn’t have occurred’ and that an investigation was ongoing to determine who was responsible | LISTEN
Heston Russell’s ‘please explain’ for ABC chair
The former commando has requested Kim Williams meet with him in the wake of allegations the ABC published doctored online audio in a news report about Australian soldiers in Afghanistan.
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