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The home of Canadian-Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver who was murdered by Hamas during the October 7 attack in Kibbutz Be’eri.

‘Unfeasible’: How seven years of Hamas planning were dismissed by Israel

The IDF has released the report of its internal inquiry into the “historic failure” of October 7, 2023.

  • Henry Bodkin

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China’s President Xi Jinping last month. Officials from the Chinese embassy in Canberra included government funding for “anti-China” research at ASPI on an infamous list of 14 grievances provided to journalists in 2020.

If we panic about these Chinese ships, Xi wins the propaganda war

The arrival of Chinese warships near our coast is not a crisis. Treating it as one – with over-the-top indignation – diminishes our capacity to tackle real crises as the region deteriorates.

  • Jennifer Parker
A Chinese army-navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang was spotted 150 nautical miles off the coast of Sydney.

Chinese warships started live-fire drills 30 minutes before Virgin mid-air alert

The Chinese warship flotilla has re-entered Australia’s exclusive economic zone, spotted 160 nautical miles (296 kilometres) east of Hobart.

  • Matthew Knott
People’s Liberation Army-Navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang.

‘Provocative’: Australians warned to get used to Chinese ships off the coast

Opposition defence spokesman Andrew Hastie labelled the flotilla’s behaviour “provocative”, asking: “What is the government doing about these warships?”

  • Matthew Knott
People’s Liberation Army-Navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang has been spotted 150 nautical miles off the coast of Sydney.

‘Watch every move’: Chinese warships spotted 150 nautical miles from Sydney

Three Chinese military ships are moving steadily down the east coast of Australia, the furthest they have gone in the waters without being on an official visit.

  • Matthew Knott
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The rest of the decade will be even worse: ASIO boss issues dire terror threat warning

ASIO boss Mike Burgess has declassified a previously secret analysis to reveal the nation has never confronted so many serious threats at once.

  • Matthew Knott
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The president Joe Biden and Donald Trump stand together before the start of Trump’s inauguration in January.

Trump revokes Biden’s security clearance, fires art centre’s board and declares himself its chairman

Here are the US President’s latest head-turning moves and the pushback he encountered in several areas.

The Australian government has banned DeepSeek from being downloaded onto government devices.

Australia bans Chinese AI platform DeepSeek on government devices

The government’s ban is the latest in a string of prohibitions on Chinese technology companies due to national security concerns.

  • Mike Foley
Randwick council cleaners remove antisemitic graffiti from a car on Sunday after a spate of attacks on houses and vehicles in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Antisemitism stoush to dominate parliament as government blacklists white supremacist channel

The government has slapped first-of-their-kind counter-terrorism sanctions on the Terrorgram online network as part of a crackdown on antisemitism.

  • Matthew Knott and Sally Rawsthorne
Randwick council cleaners remove antisemitic graffiti from houses in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

What if the antisemitic tide has a bigger target: Australia’s stability?

If foreign malign forces masterminded some of this wave of attacks, as authorities suspect, Australia will not be alone.

  • Lydia Khalil

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