Australian military

SA premier advised to close border with New South Wales; Katherine lockdown extended– as it happened

All the day’s news as it happened

Mostafa Rachwani and Matilda Boseley (earlier)

06, Dec, 2021 @7:49 AM

‘Tragic’ delays: documents reveal Australia knew time was running out to extract Afghan staff

Exclusive: Previously secret papers show charter flight considered ‘high risk’ a month before Kabul fell to Taliban

Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

30, Nov, 2021 @4:30 PM

‘Constant belittling’: mother tells veteran suicide inquiry of army son’s trauma

Royal commission hears private Daniel Garforth felt ‘betrayed’ by his chain of command before his suicide

Ben Doherty

29, Nov, 2021 @6:37 AM

‘Opportunity for change and healing’: royal commission into veteran suicide begins

Inquiry chair promises to ‘expose all systemic issues’ as mothers of veterans call for more submissions

Ben Doherty

26, Nov, 2021 @6:36 AM

Problems in Afghanistan must not delay Australia’s compensation for alleged war crimes, rights groups say

Afghans should be consulted on redress as recommended by Brereton report, released exactly one year ago, advocates say

Christopher Knaus and Ben Doherty

19, Nov, 2021 @4:27 AM

Here’s why on Remembrance Day politicians should be kept away from the commemorations | Paul Daley

Look out for talk of the drums of war, and Australian leaders summoning the sacrifices of the dead to justify their strategic decisions

Paul Daley

10, Nov, 2021 @9:12 PM

‘Throwing toothpicks at the mountain’: Paul Keating says Aukus submarines plan will have no impact on China

Former Australian prime minister also says Britain ‘like an old theme park sliding into the Atlantic’ compared to modern China

Daniel Hurst

10, Nov, 2021 @6:44 AM

Australian defence force strengthens vetting procedures to prevent extremists from joining

Measures include better information sharing with Asio amid concerns radicals have sought to join the ADF ‘to obtain training and capability’

Daniel Hurst

31, Oct, 2021 @4:30 PM

‘Very upsetting’: Australian families fear navy shipwrecks will be desecrated

There are concerns rising metal prices will lead to more illegal scavenging unless the government acts to protect wrecks

Tory Shepherd

30, Oct, 2021 @7:00 PM

Alan Tudge is dead wrong. Anzac should be contested – as it always has been | Paul Daley

He has been banging on with these dreary, condescending, cliched cultural themes, each instalment a little more ridiculous

Paul Daley

26, Oct, 2021 @5:01 AM

Under the radar: the Australian intelligence chief in the shadows of the Aukus deal

Andrew Shearer’s unreported meeting in April with Joe Biden’s top Indo-Pacific adviser may have been the clincher for the Aukus security agreement