RSL NSW president Mick Bainbridge was a founding partner of the law firm Operational Legal Australia.

RSL NSW president’s firm launches legal action against veterans

Former clients of Mick Bainbridge’s law firm claim they were overcharged for legal advice. The firm is suing them for not paying their fees.

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Deposit paid:Trump ‘very aware’ of AUKUS as Marles hands over $800m

Canberra has sent the first down payment of a total $4.7 billion to prop up US shipbuilding efforts ahead of the planned purchase of nuclear-powered submarines.

  • Michael Koziol
French President Emmanuel Macron reacts as he delivers his New Year speech to the French Army as he visits at the Digital Support and Cyber Command (CATNC) of the French Army,in Cesson-Sevigne,western France.

‘Wake up’ and spend more on defence,Macron tells Europe as Trump takes office

“Who would have thought a year ago that Greenland would be at the centre of political and strategic debates?,” the French president said without mentioning Trump by name.

  • Sylvia Corbet
Donald Trump at a rally in November with Marco Rubio,who has been nominated as secretary of state.

Trump’s cabinet pick says AUKUS a ‘blueprint’ for other US pacts

Secretary of state-in-waiting Marco Rubio has given the strongest indication yet of what Donald Trump will do with the submarine deal.

  • Farrah Tomazin andMichael Koziol
Pete Hegseth,President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary,at the completion of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee,at the Capitol in Washington.

Trump’s pick for Defence Pete Hegseth grilled over sexual allegations,drinking

“You are asking us to lower the standards to make you the secretary of defence simply because you are buddies with our president-elect?”

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Pit-stop:a US nuclear-powered submarine docks at Rockingham,Western Australia in March last year. The US may not be able to make more than 1.3 such subs a year.

For America,AUKUS is the vehicle to ‘fortify’ Australia against China

Architects of the trilateral defence agreement said Australia should be the “beachhead” to counter Chinese aggression and the AUKUS deal was keeping Xi Jinping awake at night.

  • Michael Koziol
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Cost of caring for veterans climbs by $13 billion

A backlog of 60,000 unprocessed medical and compensation claims from veterans has been cleared – and has delivered a $13 billion hit to the budget.

  • Shane Wright
Daniel Duggan was arrested in Australia at the request of the US.

Wife claims government buried decision on extradition of ex-fighter pilot to US

Seven months after Daniel Duggan lost his two-year legal battle to stay,Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has approved the request to send him to the US.

  • James Massola andWilliam Davis
Faster-than-expected payments to the nation’s veterans will add $3.5 billion to the budget bottom line.

Veterans’ claims add $1.8 billion,driving budget further into red

After being left with a huge backlog in veterans’ financial assistance claims,the government is facing another $1.8 billion in payments.

  • Shane Wright
Defence Minister Richard Marles and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announcing the government’s response to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

Sex offenders to be booted from Defence Force in sweeping overhaul

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it was time to act to combat an “epidemic” of suicide among former and current military personnel.

  • Matthew Knott andAlyssa Talakovski