Musk hits back: ‘Stop trying to control internet’
Elon Musk stepped up his war of words with the Prime Minister, flagging an urgent legal appeal against a court order to take the Wakeley stabbing video down from X.
Defence Strategic Review
Wong’s plea to Dutton: turn down the heat
Penny Wong has urged Peter Dutton to wind back ‘overblown, inflammatory rhetoric’ on Israel and Palestine, saying it is affecting domestic social cohesion.
Western Australia GST deal ‘unfair’: Pocock
Greens employment spokeswoman Barbara Pocock has called out the Labor government’s GST deal, insisting all states should be treated equally.
Albanese defends detainee debacle
Labor has been grilled amid revelations seven murderers, 37 sex offenders and 72 violent criminals have been released from immigration detention.
Burney claims ‘racist, bullying treatment’
Linda Burney has been recorded alleging ‘appalling’ behaviour during the last fortnight of ‘gruelling’ debate around the voice referendum.
Historic pivot in US strategy signals new danger era
America will not compromise on national security and the economy will be subject to this imperative. Grim times are coming.
Frankenstein-style defence review fails on credibility
The Defence Strategic Review is a patched-together policy document, delivering no new money, a gaping wound in the Australian army, bucketloads of extra reviews and the delivery of vital equipment pushed years into the future.
Defence is a tragic national failure
The Defence Strategic Review is worthless unless Defence stops deliberately dragging the chain.
Lest we forget what’s worth defending
We can’t honour Australia and Australians on Anzac Day only to spend the rest of the year denigrating our country and undermining the rationale for defending it.
Home-made Speartooth drones pack undersea punch
An Australian-developed underwater drone is firming as an option to expand Australia’s undersea military capabilities ahead of the arrival of nuclear-powered submarines.
The next war will begin with a naval blockade
Focus on muddy conflict in Ukraine has distracted the West from a need to build its sea power. The future of 21st-century warfare will be the battle for control of maritime trading routes.
Missiles coming in slow motion – after a review
Urgent long-range missile orders and the establishment of a domestic guided weapons industry will be delayed by at least 12 months for yet another Defence review.
Albanese, Labor face test of ticker over Defence review
The Defence Strategic Review’s vision of radical change and restructuring the defence force is a step in the right direction. Labor has defined the test for itself. Is it up to the job?
Defence review blind spot leaves our flanks — chillingly — exposed
The Defence Strategic Review missed an opportunity to suggest how Defence should support our security interests in the Pacific, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean as these regions become more contested.
$50bn shipbuild projects in limbo
The $45bn plan to build all nine Hunter-class frigates has been thrown into doubt just as work is about to begin on the first block of the first warship in Adelaide.
Albanese’s bold claim about Defence Strategic Review
There appears to be little to separate the Defence Strategic Review from the 2020 update and force posture plan conducted by the Morrison government.
Why cyber warfare is the new front line
The elevation of cyber threats recognises that in the future, wars and other conflicts will take place online as much as on land or across the seas.
Marles defends review timing ‘coincidence’
Richard Marles hits back over criticism of the Defence Strategic Review being handed down on Anzac Day eve.
Failure to deliver will cost us regional clout
The Defence Strategic Review is ambitious but it does not happen in isolation. Countries such as the US and Japan are responding in similar ways to Australia.
What’s the point of the DSR if we need yet more reviews?
The real victor here is the self-satisfied, heroically unhurried tradition of the Australian Defence establishment. Nothing, absolutely nothing, changes that.
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