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| UpdatedGovernor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove praises the courage of Australia's veterans and prisoners of war during a commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the seminal moment when Singapore fell to the Japanese in 1942.
Topics: world-war-2, history, community-and-society, veterans, defence-and-national-security, government-and-politics, ballarat-3350, vic, australia
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Khaled Beydoun of the University of Detroit Mercy Law School about the implications of Michael Flynn's resignation.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, defence-and-national-security, security-intelligence, united-states
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The collective grief of thousands of mothers who lost sons and daughters to war is to be recognised in a new Ballarat memorial to be unveiled on Wednesday, the 75th anniversary of the fall of Singapore.
Topics: defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, veterans, world-war-1, world-war-2, history, ballarat-3350, singapore, france
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| UpdatedAustralian Islamic State fighter Khaled Sharrouf, who slipped out of the country in 2013 using his brother's passport, becomes the first dual national to be stripped of citizenship under the Federal Government's anti-terror laws.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, security-intelligence, defence-and-national-security, australia
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The most senior Australian leading the Coalition fight against Islamic State in Iraq has warned the terrorist organisation's ruthless tactics could be replicated by others around the world.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, australia
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to geopolitical risk expert Afshin Molavi on Iran's deteriorating relationship with the US.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, unrest-conflict-and-war, nuclear-issues, iran-islamic-republic-of, united-states
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| UpdatedAustralia's future submarine and naval ship building projects are at risk because of the unreliability of energy supply in South Australia, Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne warns.
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There "cannot be conflict" between China and the US over the South China Sea, China's Foreign Minister warns during a press conference with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop.
Topics: foreign-affairs, territorial-disputes, world-politics, government-and-politics, defence-and-national-security, bishop-julie, australia, china, united-states, asia
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| UpdatedRoyal Australian Air Force pilots will soon fly two Joint Strike Fighter aircrafts to Australia as the controversial F-35 program continues to face scrutiny for technical problems and cost blowouts.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, defence-industry, government-and-politics, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government abandons plans to compulsorily acquire farmland in Queensland which was to be used for joint training exercises with Singapore's military.
Topics: defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, government-and-politics, rural, shoalwater-4702, australia, qld, townsville-4810
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Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, defence-and-national-security, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied
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Topics: defence-and-national-security, world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, palestinian-territory-occupied, israel
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| UpdatedAn Italian naval frigate docks in Adelaide in a bid to help its manufacturer secure a multi-billion-dollar federal contract, but Christopher Pyne says there is no clear frontrunner among the designs competing for the work.
Topics: navy, defence-industry, defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, defence-and-aerospace-industries, outer-harbor-5018, port-adelaide-5015, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedAn Egyptian national visiting France on a tourist visa attacks soldiers at the Louvre Museum in Paris with a machete, in what officials are describing as a suspected terror attack.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, defence-and-national-security, france
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| UpdatedAustralian military leaders are looking to draw on their strong ties with the new US Defence Secretary to help guide the longstanding ANZUS alliance through the uncertain Donald Trump era.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, world-politics, donald-trump, defence-and-national-security, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedDefence experts say Australia must be prepared for any contingency plan under Donald Trump, including a temporary freezing of the ANZUS alliance, writes Defence reporter Andrew Greene.
Topics: world-politics, defence-and-national-security, donald-trump, united-states, canberra-2600, australia
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Adelaide will host several international shipbuilders in coming weeks ahead of a major increase in local defence construction that will start next year.
Topics: defence-industry, defence-and-national-security, defence-and-aerospace-industries, osborne-5017, sa, australia
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| UpdatedCombat and communication systems on Australia's first Air Warfare Destroyer ship, HMAS Hobart, are being tested at sea this week — marking one of the final stages of construction before it is handed over to the Navy.
Topics: defence-industry, defence-and-national-security, defence-and-aerospace-industries, business-economics-and-finance, osborne-5017, sa, australia
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Topics: world-war-2, history, unrest-conflict-and-war, veterans, defence-and-national-security, japan
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Topics: world-war-2, history, unrest-conflict-and-war, veterans, defence-and-national-security, japan
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| UpdatedNinety-seven-year-old Australian war veteran Jack Hopgood, who considers himself "one of the lucky ones", returns to Japan to confront his memories as a prisoner of war during WWII.
Topics: world-war-2, history, unrest-conflict-and-war, veterans, defence-and-national-security, japan
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declares cyber security "the new frontier of warfare" and espionage, while announcing new measures to protect Australian democracy from foreign interference.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, information-and-communication, hacking, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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PM Malcolm Turnbull says cyber security is the new frontier of warfare, with espionage and many threats to Australian families, governments, business.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, security-intelligence, australia
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| UpdatedThe United States will send its largest aircraft deployment to Australia as part of the next rotation of Marines to Darwin in coming months, as part of a "more diversified" and "more capable force".
Topics: defence-and-national-security, world-politics, darwin-0800, australia