Yesterday
Red Sea call ‘risks telegraphing capability concerns to adversaries’
The government’s reluctance to send a warship to the Red Sea has the potential to flag internal concerns to adversaries over Australia’s naval capability, a former naval warfare officer warns.
- Tom Rabe
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PM offers diplomats against Red Sea attacks, no ships
The stance was immediately slammed by the Coalition as weak, out of step with allies, and deaf to the broader inflationary threat posed by the Houthi attacks.
- Jacob Greber and Matthew Cranston
This Month
Convicted terrorist released from jail after 20 years
Abdul Nacer Benbrika had been convicted of plotting terrorist attacks in 2005.
- Michael Pelly
Albanese condemns antisemitism amid protests outside Lowy event
The prime minister reiterated his firm opposition to antisemitism in a speech to the Lowy Institute on Tuesday night, as Pro-Palestine demonstrators rallied outside.
- Jacob Greber and Emma Connors
Landmark national security trial of media mogul opens in Hong Kong
The closely watched case is widely seen as a trial of press freedom and a test for judicial independence in the Asian financial hub.
- Kanis Leung
‘Our region is first priority’: still no answer on ships to Red Sea
The longer the delay, the more likely the answer to a US request for navy assistance in the Red Sea will be “thanks, but no thanks”, a top defence analyst says.
- Updated
- Jacob Greber
Spy boss warns of intelligence failure without faster tech adoption
The director-general of the Office of National Intelligence says policymakers need to ensure technology is adopted faster or risk an intelligence failure.
- Matthew Cranston
People smugglers will twist court ruling to load their boats: admiral
Australian border officials are braced for a potential influx of asylum seeker boats after the High Court’s ruling against indefinite immigration detention.
- Andrew Tillett
November
Boat row compounds Labor’s immigration woes
The Albanese government has accused Peter Dutton of weaponising national security after the first asylum seeker boat in nine years reached the Australian mainland.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
Labor to fast-track legislation on High Court detainee crisis
Anthony Albanese’s travel schedule has become embroiled in the political debates over Israel and immigration detention.
- Phillip Coorey and Tom McIlroy
Terrorist wins citizenship battle in High Court
Convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika has won a High Court bid to restore his Australian citizenship.
- Michael Pelly
October
‘Fix software bugs now’: urgent appeal to business
Australia’s top cyber spies are receiving reports weekly of incidents that could have been avoided by businesses patching software.
- Max Mason
September
- Opinion
- Defence
Tough choices loom as AUKUS uncertainty grows
The right, figures in the Labor Party and a leading strategic analyst are questioning the alliance’s political and defence viability as the Trump factor looms larger.
- Andrew Clark
- Opinion
- AUKUS
AUKUS is still a toddler with a long way to go
The unfortunate fact is since the announcement of the nuclear-powered submarine agreement two years ago, no partner has had to do anything hard to make it a reality.
- Michael Shoebridge
August
Is Elon Musk a threat to Australia?
The mercurial billionaire, who is unusually involved in his companies, has huge commercial interests in China, and a growing foothold in Australia.
- Nick Bonyhady
How Fiji got a nasty lesson in Chinese authoritarianism
The Pacific nation watched in shock as Chinese security agents marched what it said were 77 criminal suspects onto a plane and flew them away for detention in China.
- Michael E. Miller and Matthew Abbott
- Opinion
- Defence
Defence needs to harness the power of private capital
Defence’s next campaign should be making national security an attractive asset class for investors.
- Hayley Channer
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Labor replaces Midnight Oil with nuclear power
Compelling arguments for a nuclear-powered deterrent have won against the neo-isolationists of left and right. But at least they had the discussion.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Embedding US analysts in Canberra is no conspiracy
Mischaracterised as bringing in ‘foreign spies’, the AUSMIN announcement just deepens Australia’s two-way trusted intelligence collaboration with America.
- John Blaxland
July
Shares soar as US government buys up Aussie company’s anti-drone tech
Shares in ASX listed defence tech company DroneShield have soared 19 per cent, after it struck a $33m deal to sell equipment to the US Department of Defence.
- Nick Bonyhady
