Rex Patrick demolishes Defence Minister Richard Marles' AUKUS statement to explain Labor's incredible $368B of public spend on submarines. At $11.5B per paragraph, it's a swindle.
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund manages more than $200 billion of taxpayer’s funds but does so with a notorious penchant for secrecy. This third instalment in a series from Rex Patrick and ...
The nation's elite soldiers will be soon have a new piece of kit to help stamp out Ben Roberts-Smith-style rogue elements. But, as Lisa-Jane Roberts writes, the culture of the SAS has deep roots ...
A new nuclear arms race is accelerating, but Australia won’t be doing much about this threat to global survival. This week’s budget confirms the death of Labor’s nuclear disarmament diplomacy.
Federal Budget this evening will likely be an anti-climax. At least as far as good news is concerned such as the first surplus in years. The leaks have been coming thick and fast as is political ...
The Defence Department has outdone itself with the AUKUS submarine project. In Paul Keating’s words, “it’s the worst deal in all history”. That’s not just because of the staggering $386 billion ...
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has all but confirmed in Parliament the government is doing diddly squat to bring the world's foremost political prisoner home. What's the scam with "quiet ...
It’s the decades-long human rights tragedy that Australia avoids. Abuses elsewhere get stern condemnation sometimes backed by sanctions, arms and sanctuary for refugees. But Indonesia’s brutal ...
News yesterday that our Collins Class submarines will get fitted with Tomahawks reveals a serious lack of understanding about the tactical use of land attack missiles on submarines.
Who will control the Tomahawk Missiles? News that Australia will purchase up to 220 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles might seem like just another Defence purchase, but there’s a hidden sovereignty ...
The backlash over Nine Entertainment's "Reds Under the Beds" campaign continues as the SMH and Age, and journalists Peter Hartcher and Matthew Knott, defend their stories. The poitn to their ...
Echoing the "reds under the beds" scare campaigns of the fifties, Nine Media mastheads want us to believe that war with China is imminent. Elsewhere, we are led to believe that China is a model ...