Matthew Keogh
‘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.
- by Matthew Knott
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Shorten’s $310,000-a-year writer behind at least 170 speeches – but no zingers
Senate estimates revealed that Julianne Stewart, a speechwriter for former prime ministers, was hired by government on a two-year contract valued at $620,000.
- by Olivia Ireland
Analysis
Political leadership
Who really runs the country? The secret roles of Albanese’s ministers
Anthony Albanese’s ministers have portfolios – they also have other roles: confidantes, influencers, attack dogs. And some are more equal than others.
- by James Massola
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Australian War Memorial
Former Lendlease employee approved developer’s tender for War Memorial redevelopment
The finding is contained in the Australian National Audit Office’s review of the handling of contracts for the project, prompting Veteran Affairs Minister Matt Keogh to demand answers about the $500 million project.
- by Angus Thompson
Serving Defence personnel face higher suicide risks, new research claims
Defence previously suggested that serving members of the military were better protected against suicide. That may not be true.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Government considers poaching defence talent from overseas in major shift
Longstanding defence policy states that only Australian citizens, with rare exceptions, can serve in the military. That could be about to change.
- by Matthew Knott
Daniel Andrews takes a swing at golf furore and gender warriors
The former premier has delivered a spray at coverage of his post-politics golf plans – no putts about it.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
‘What do you have to do to get the VC?’ Posthumous award in limbo 55 years after conflict
Former governor-general Sir Peter Cosgrove says he was “blown away” by the bravery of Private Richard Norden.
- by Tim Barlass
The peacekeepers and soldiers missing from history
Putting names to faces in photos of Australian soldiers who served as peacekeepers or went to war is crucial if their service is to be honoured, say veterans and historians.
- by Julie Power
Marcia Langton hits back at Barnaby Joyce over frontier wars exhibit
The Indigenous academic says the War Memorial should depict the history of the country’s frontier wars, firing off a withering broadside at Barnaby Joyce.
- by James Massola
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