Stephen Smith
Stephen Smith tours Afghanistan
Click to play video
New Defence Minister Stephen Smith takes his first tour of Afghanistan, announcing he will ask the Australian government for more police trainers.
Stephen Smith visits Saudi Arabia
Stephen Smith has become the first Australian foreign minister to visit Saudi Arabia since 2003.
Stephen Smith condemns Iraq bomb attacks
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has condemned a series of bombings in Iraq which killed at least 127 people, describing the attacks as acts of cowardice.
Woman of the Year is ADFA Skype sex scandal cadet
Daisy Dumas The woman at the centre of one of the military's most damning sex scandals has been named Daily Life's Woman of the Year.
Sir Ninian Stephen Menzies scholarship: Christine Ernst wins $65,000 coveted prize
Michaela Whitbourn She has worked for a High Court judge, rubbed shoulders with Kevin Rudd at the UN and published articles on human rights law.
Fears of slump if Holden leaves
Mark Kenny, Peter Martin The possible withdrawal of car maker Holden could trigger a recession in southern states, it is feared.
Soldiers sacked over Jedi Council sex scandal
David Wroe The army has sacked six soldiers at the centre of the notorious "Jedi Council", whose members swapped grossly demeaning emails and videos about women they had slept with.
Army sacks six members of 'Jedi Council'
David Wroe The Army has sacked six soldiers at the centre of the notorious "Jedi Council", whose members swapped grossly demeaning emails about women they'd slept with.
Out there and at them
Sworn in on Wednesday, Julie Bishop says she wants to be the best foreign minister Australians could ask for. Can she do it? Daniel Flitton speaks to the first woman to have the job.
US shares raw intelligence on Australians with Israel
Philip Dorling The US shares intelligence without sifting it to remove details about its citizens.
Pine Gap drives US drone kills
Philip Dorling Central Australia's Pine Gap spy base has played a key role in the United States' controversial drone strikes.
Desert secrets
It is a piece of America. At least that's the vibe in the large cafeteria at the top-secret Joint Defence Facility at Pine Gap near Alice Springs.
Business 'ignoring Labor's miracle'
Clay Lucas Business groups and conservative 'fringe groups' are wilfully ignoring the country's 'economic miracle'.
PM weighs up new poll date
Michael Gordon and Mark Kenny Kevin Rudd has dumped Julia Gillard's proposed September 14 election date and is weighing up whether to go earlier or delay the poll to maximise his chances of rebuilding public confidence in the...
"The officers destroy your body, mind, heart and spirit …"
Anne Davies Found guilty of fraud, Troy Bremer spent years in a brutal Beijing jail - just one of a growing number of Australians caught up in the Chinese prison system.
Failure to intervene: why Canberra turned its back on Prisoner X
David Wroe and Ruth Pollard A government inquiry has reignited concern over the Prisoner X affair.
ADF fails to shake its demons
David Wroe Defence is reeling from another internet sex scandal in which at least 17 male army officers circulated footage of members having sex, tagged with demeaning commentary about the women.
Army shamed by sex videos
David Wroe The Australian Defence Force is reeling from another internet sex scandal in which at least 17 male army officers formed an email ring that circulated footage of members having sex tagged with...
Army knew of sex ring three years ago
Eamonn Duff The Australian Defence Force hierarchy knew an exploitative internet sex ring was operating within its ranks almost three years ago but did not involve police until the middle of last year, it...
Sattler mulls political move
Dumped shock jock Howard Sattler believes he was really sacked due to his Parkinson's Disease and says he may stand against Labor MP Stephen Smith at September's federal election.
