Ben Roberts-Smith v David McBride: Compare the pair

16 Apr 2026 | Managing editor Michelle Pini discusses the absurdity of David McBride's continued imprisonmen ...  

The danger of war grows as U.S. power wanes

16 Apr 2026 | Independence and sovereignty must be struggled for if we are to live in peace and security.  

Who's making money? The arsenal trade after Ukraine and Iran

15 Apr 2026 | Defence is no longer a defensive trade, and nowhere is the question of who's buying, who's bu ...  

Nuclear — now climate change: Great powers plague the Pacific

10 Apr 2026 | Updated research has shown up lingering headaches over the impacts of decades-long nuclear testing ...  

JEFF MCMULLEN: Trump’s “own goals” in Iran

9 Apr 2026 | Donald Trump’s biggest blunders will hinder any prospect of a lasting peace or real stability in ...  

Donald Trump and the Iran War path to madness

9 Apr 2026 | On Easter Sunday, Trump warned that a 'whole civilisation will die tonight' if Iran refused h ...  

When allies threaten war crimes, silence is self-destruction

8 Apr 2026 | If Trump bombs Iran's civilian infrastructure, Britain and Australia must respond — not out of p ...  

Rules-based order collapse: Australia's chance for independence

7 Apr 2026 | Despite its obvious collapse, Australia continues to cling to the hope of a U.S.-led rules-based ...  

American war strategy and the need for independence

2 Apr 2026 | America's increasingly flaky military strategy under successive regimes stresses the importance ...  

Iran War has exposed Australia’s vulnerabilities and misplaced priorities

1 Apr 2026 | Successive Australian governments’ misplaced priority on military “security” against a ...  

Petrol: Now you see it, now you don’t

29 Mar 2026 | In the wake of the conflict in and around Iran, there is talk of introducing petrol rationing in ...  

The hardening of youth in Israel’s nationalist enclave

28 Mar 2026 | As a Jewish Australian who spent considerable time in Israel, I noticed, decades ago, something ...