David Wroe is national security correspondent for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald in Canberra.
New laws that would allow the Veterans Affairs Department to reveal personal information about veterans in the "public interest" will be subjected to a fresh privacy probe after a backlash by ex-services groups.
A radical reorganisation of national security agencies, such as the creation of a US-style department of homeland security is not necessary because existing arrangements are working well, experts and former officials say.
The RAAF will have vastly superior data collection abilities compared with other military forces in Asia with the purchase of seven Triton drones – giving Australia the edge in electromagnetic-sphere warfare.
They were eight years and a few minutes late, but just after 11.30am on Friday, the first two Joint Strike Fighters were unveiled to the Australian public.
Chinese firms large and small are at Australia's aviation megashow - a development being watched closely by security analysts.
The Growler is the most potent weapon in electronic warfare.
Australia wanted the United Nations to play a bigger role in the reconstruction of Iraq after the 2003 invasion but was rebuffed by the Bush administration, a declassified report reveals.
Joko Widodo's ambitious program to develop tourism beyond Bali will be among the issues discussed.
The RSL's largest state district has pleaded with NSW Veterans' Affairs Minister David Elliott to step in and dissolve the state council in the most substantial grassroots revolt yet over the financial scandals plaguing the leadership.
The Australian head of the Joint Strike Fighter program says he is confident the next delivery of the cutting-edge combat aircraft to the RAAF is on track despite a report finding the next batch of planes will not have the most up-to-date technology.
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