Richard Marles
Australian troops could play role in Ukraine peace deal
Australian and British ministers hold talks amid pressure from Donald Trump for European countries to consider sending troops to Ukraine as peacekeepers.
- by Rob Harris
Latest
Japan and Germany battle for edge in lucrative war ship deal
Japan is seeking to capitalise on its rapidly deepening “quasi alliance” with Australia as it competes with Germany for a $10 billion shipbuilding deal.
- by Matthew Knott
Ousted staffer blames Marles for alleged office bullying, wants him to say sorry
Jo Tarnawsky claims the deputy prime minister offered her half a year of leave “off the books” which would have cost the taxpayer $135,000.
- by Olivia Ireland
Torture is not ‘a yes or no question’: Russian ambassador
Alexey Pavlovsky said the UN was biased and the situation was complicated when grilled on ABC’s Radio National about the use of torture by Russian forces in Ukraine.
- by Michelle Griffin
Japanese troops in Top End sends clear message to China
Australia, the US and Japan have sent a defiant message to China by putting their increasingly close partnership on an alliance-style footing.
- by Matthew Knott
Bill Shorten plots his Canberra farewell par-tay
The former Labor leader looks set to make a night of it in the capital after he formally bids adieu to parliament.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Exclusive
Defence
Defence real estate sell-off put on ice
The Coalition and Greens leapt upon the delay to accuse the Albanese government of dithering when required to make tough decisions about the defence portfolio.
- by Matthew Knott
See the free flights our most senior MPs take
Who flew where, how and who paid are fast becoming the defining questions in politics.
- by Millie Muroi
Australia buys $7b worth of US missiles for ‘greatest arms race’ since World War II
The deal will equip Australia’s navy with hundreds of advanced US-made long-range weapons.
- by Michelle Griffin
Opinion
Foreign relations
‘Airbus Albo’ has forgotten he has his own plane
The immediate decision before Albanese was how to deal with two important heads of state asking for attention at almost the same time. Why couldn’t he satisfy both?
- by Peter Hartcher
Australia gives ‘retiring’ tanks to Ukraine for war efforts
The donation of 49 Abrams tanks will take the total of Australian aid to $1.5b for the embattled nation.
- by David Crowe
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