Defence
Australia perfectly placed in critical infrastructure space race

The global space economy is becoming another layer of the world's critical infrastructure — is A ...  
AUKUS public inquiry asks what Parliament won’t

With AUKUS costs soaring and scrutiny lacking, a public inquiry is asking the questions Parliament ...  
AI warfare accelerating beyond human control

AI is accelerating warfare and raising the risk of conflict spiralling beyond human control.  
AUKUS serves America at Australia’s expense

AUKUS is costing Australia billions while serving U.S. strategic interests, undermining soverei ...  
Australia-China university collaborations under the microscope

The Australian Government has terminated some joint university projects with Chinese universities ...  
AUKUS — controversial, secretive but given a bipartisan blank cheque

Five years ago, Scott Morrison announced the $368 billion AUKUS pact that fundamentally changed ...  
Happy 30th Anniversary Pauline Hanson —  thanks for nothing

30 years ago this week, Pauline Hanson was attacking Asians; this week, she's attacking war vete ...  
Australia accelerates integration into U.S. war machine

Australia’s accelerating military integration with the United States is drawing the nation ...  
International report says Australia’s arms trade not transparent

Australia’s two major parties want Australia to be a top-tier arms exporter, but the current ...  
Ukraine's battlefield AI could put Australian protesters under surveillance

Ukraine's battlefield AI is exposing a dangerous surveillance gap that could reach Australian citi ...  
Marles puts Australia on frontline of U.S. AI development for China war

Marles’ USA trip is all about making it clear to Australians that we will be on the front line ...  
The uninvited guest: CIA director visits Moscow

CIA Director John Ratcliffe flies into Moscow for an unannounced visit.  
Canberra bets against China while banking on its trade

Australia is arming against China while remaining economically dependent on the very power it is ...  
The Tampa crisis: 25 years on

It was winter 2001 when the Tampa hullabaloo blew up: the watershed moment when decent agreement ...  
AUKUS offers Australia a nuclear solution to climate change

Australia’s embrace of AUKUS exposes the absurdity of prioritising militarisation while the far ...  
Big Tech tightens its grip on Australia’s undersea cables

As Google and Meta expand their control of vital undersea infrastructure, Australia risks surre ...  
AUKUS: Its single point of obsolescence

Australia could find itself without a credible undersea force due to the capability gap between ...  
Israeli pressure fails to sway Labor on Gaza

Despite diplomatic lobbying from the Israeli embassy, Labor delegates rejected efforts to dilute ...  

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