The defence minister used a meeting with his Chinese counterpart to raise Australia’s concerns about “unsafe” encounters between the PLA and the Australian navy.
The defence minister’s remarks are likely to hit a sour note for Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun at a high-powered defence summit.
A Queensland mayor who blamed “100-plus” concussions after misleading voters has been told to stand down,with his council colleagues joining the call.
In his first sit-down interview as mayor of Townsville,Troy Thompson backtracked on the claim he had served in the military for five years,but said he had not lied.
The death toll in Papua New Guinea is expected to rise following a catastrophic landslide that destroyed a village in remote Enga province.
Twice she has learned how to walk again. Even after more than 25 surgeries,she faces amputation. But this journey of perseverance has inspired her.
Army sergeant Pete Rudland survived serious injuries and then got compensation for his treatment relatively easily. Many of our veterans aren’t looked after so well.
One person’s whistleblower can be another person’s thief,or even traitor. And so it is with the McBride case.
A surge in veterans’ payments represents one of the biggest budget blowouts,alongside unexpected increases in disaster relief payments and childcare subsidies.
Justice David Mossop said David McBride was not a nefarious character but became “obsessed with the correctness of his own feelings” about stealing and disclosing classified military information.
Jim Chalmers and Katy Gallagher promised to rein in the five fiscal horsemen of the budget apocalypse. But have they?