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George Brandis pulls off his finest speech by calling out a dangerous fool
George Brandis' thundering condemnation was not just a moment of fine moral and political clarity, it was also bloody common sense.
David Wroe is the defence and national security correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based at Parliament House
George Brandis' thundering condemnation was not just a moment of fine moral and political clarity, it was also bloody common sense.
MPs from across the political divide want to examine what role the Department of Veterans Affairs has in worsening veterans' mental health.
If you're prepared to hit people you love, you can't be fully trusted to act with honour and discipline on the battlefield.
Australia has called on "all parties" to calm tensions over North Korea's nuclear program.
The Islamic State has begun urging Australians to join the group's fight in the Philippines as an alternative to travelling to Syria.
The suspension is likely to cause hardship to some sub-branches and women's auxiliaries around the state.
Two years of acting as a quasi-nation has given the Islamic State capabilities, experience, ambition and influence that will roll on for years.
Border and security authorities are going to be "doing a lot of soul searching".
The Turnbull government has vehemently denied that police were rushed into arresting alleged plane bomb plotters.
In the post-9/11 era of tight security in which the so-called Islamic State has urged followers to grab whatever they can find as a weapon and just go for it, public attention has been diverted to low-tech, unsophisticated terrorism plots.
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