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Kira and Igor Korolev.

Accused Russian-born spy allegedly worked for WA cleaning company that bragged of ‘government building’ access

Social media posts reveal Kira Korolev worked for a WA cleaning company that boasted of working in government buildings.

  • Hannah Murphy

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As Anthony Albanese prepares to meet Xi Jinping, will Donald Trump – or following US presidents – be able to withdraw from the MIddle East and refocus on China?

Australia needs a new China strategy: America’s promised pivot to Asia is unlikely

The United States cannot disentangle itself from the Middle East – and that has big consequences for our defence planning.

  • Stuart Rollo
A missile is launched from an unspecified location in China in response to then US speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August 2022.

As China prepares to invade Taiwan, a reality check: sitting on the sidelines won’t help us

Australia must prepare. China attacking Taiwan is not inevitable, but if it happens, it will become a wide-ranging Indo-Pacific conflict.

  • Jennifer Parker
Online network Terrorgram has been listed as a terrorist organisation.

Australian members of Terrorgram white supremacist network face 25 years’ jail

The online group, which has been referenced in the manifestos of several terrorists around the world, will be listed as a terrorist organisation.

  • Olivia Ireland
The AUKUS review will certainly feature in talks should Anthony Albanese secure a meeting with Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit.

What’s the alternative? The many AUKUS questions the PM must answer

With news the United States is reviewing AUKUS, fundamental questions – both old and new – have surfaced about the merits of the $368 billion submarine deal. The Albanese government must confront them.

  • The Age's View

‘Progressive patriot’ prime minister faces his call to arms

With political chaos in the US, and mounting belligerence in our region, Anthony Albanese must weigh opportunity against risk to keep Australia safe.

  • Peter Hartcher
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The government says it wants the Port of Darwin returned to Australian hands.

‘We want it in Australian hands’: Albanese cool on US bid to buy Darwin Port

The prime minister also downplayed the prospect of joining any international effort to impose sanctions on Israeli politicians.

  • Matthew Knott
Australian-based academic Seng Sary has admitted he was on the payroll of Cambodian ruler Hun Sen.

Academic who fled Cambodia for Australia was on Hun Sen’s payroll

Melbourne Uni made him a fellow. He posed for a photo with a soon-to-be federal minister, and was considered a hero. But it wasn’t the full picture.

  • Zach Hope
Agitator Matt Trihey disrupted a Kooyong candidates’ forum at Kew library on April 23.

‘Private intel’: Inside the far-right group disrupting the election

They came asking politicians “reasonable questions”, but they’re really working with a network of extreme-right agitators.

  • Sherryn Groch
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, and his wife Jennifer Rauchet.

Hegseth shared Yemen attack plans in second Signal chat with wife, brother

The existence of a second chat in which the US defence secretary shared highly sensitive military information is the latest development that has put his judgment under scrutiny.

  • Greg Jaffe, Eric Schmitt and Maggie Haberman

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