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White House national security adviser Mike Waltz, left, speaks with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth last month. Waltz added the journalist to the group chat, Hegseth divulged highly sensitive military details.

‘They screwed up’: Intel community aghast at Trump team’s security breach

For US allies, including Australia, the Signal chat scandal is another reminder that this administration cares little for established norms and protocols.

  • Michael Koziol

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JD Vance and Hegseth texts

The Signal chat decoded: What Hegseth and Waltz revealed in airstrike text messages

Details of a planned US airstrike in Yemen mistakenly shared with a journalist on the messaging app Signal were almost certainly classified information, military experts say.

Five Eyes wide shut: Now is the wrong time to pause in shaping Australia’s intelligence agencies

The government commissioned a review into our intelligence services. Why haven’t we seen the results?

  • Rory Medcalf
Treasurer Jim Chalmers, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, director of Trump’s National Economic Council Kevin Hassett and US Ambassador Kevin Rudd in Washington DC, where they discussed trade and tariffs.

‘Trump’s call’: Australia’s diplomatic assault over tariffs hits roadblock

Kevin Rudd put on a breakfast spread for Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his US counterpart in Washington. But the key decision-maker was missing.

  • Michael Koziol
Former intelligence operative Neil Fergus and ASIO chief Mike Burgess.

A secret agent, the KGB and a ‘witch-hunt’: The ASIO raid that infuriated Australia’s ex-spies

The decision by ASIO to raid a high-profile former officer is unprecedented in the agency’s recent history and has divided Australia’s intelligence community.

  • Matthew Knott and Nick McKenzie
Online radicalisation

Five Eyes nations sound unprecedented alarm on ‘shocking’ teenage terror threat

Australian children as young as 12 are at risk of becoming terrorists, demanding a “whole-of-society” response to online radicalisation, authorities say.

  • Matthew Knott
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The Australian Defence Force is struggling to meet its recruitment targets.

Want Gen Z to sign up to the army? Give them $50,000 for a house deposit

The Australian Defence Force is facing a major shortfall as it tries to boost personnel numbers. Could generous housing policies unlock a flood of new recruits?

  • Matthew Knott
Defence Minister Richard Marles said Australia was “crossing the Rubicon” by allowing non-citizens to serve with the Australian Defence Force.

‘Can’t get story straight’: Confusion over plan to allow foreigners to serve in ADF

Defence Minister Richard Marles sidestepped questions about whether permanent residents from autocracies such as China would be allowed to serve in the ADF.

  • Matthew Knott
The future of the Five Eyes agreement remains uncertain.

Time for a long hard look at the importance of the Five Eyes alliance

Australia belongs to an alphabet soup of international groupings like ANZUS, AUKUS, the Quad and so on. One of the most important, yet difficult to categorise, is the Five Eyes

  • George Brandis
ASIO Director-General of Security Mike Burgess.

Global intelligence chiefs lash China’s ‘sanctioned’ theft of intellectual property

ASIO boss Mike Burgess also took the rare step of rebuking China even as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepares to visit later this year.

  • Farrah Tomazin

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