Defence
Defence ‘selective’: Hastie
Greg BrownLiberal MP says ADF has always been selective on choosing personnel so shouldn’t be forced to fund sex-change surgeries.
The family with most to lose
Caroline OveringtonIf Australia as a nation knows anything about the Great War it is that everybody made sacrifices; everybody grieved.
Defence sex surgeries ‘justified’
JOE KELLYDefence Minister Marise Payne has defended the more than $1 million taxpayer spend on treatment for ADF personnel.
ADF ‘sticks with’ troubled Tiger
Rory CallinanDefence will stick with its fleet of grounded Tiger helicopters at least until 2020.
ADF sex-swap surgery a ‘joke’
GREG BROWNAndrew Hastie blasts taxpayer-funded sex change surgery, revealing ‘social engineering’ drove him out of military.
PM ‘should demand answers’
RACHEL BAXENDALEBill Shorten says he’s ‘lost for words that you’ve got the government airily dismissing the hacking of defence information’.
God, King and Country
MICHAEL McCORMACKAt the centenary of Passchendaele, the story of Maurice Curran can be told after a journey of discovery inspired by a medal.
Plaque sparks MP’s ‘crusade’
JOE KELLYMaurice Joseph Curran was killed 100 years ago today at the first battle of Passchendaele on a “Belgian field of broken dreams”.
‘Alf’s mystery happy fun time’
PRIMROSE RIORDANSensitive data about new Australian fighter jets, surveillance aircraft stolen in three-month hack now known as ‘Alf’s mystery happy fun time’.
Payne: ‘committed to Seoul’
MARISE PAYNEOur defence relationship with South Korea is not just a matter of historical importance, it is a matter of current national interest.
States must fight terror as one
Peter LeahyAustralia needs larger and more specialised counter-terror forces in each state jurisdiction.
Remembering Beersheba’s heroes
CAROLINE OVERINGTONIt is a remarkable story, but not unique: the Australian War Memorial estimates more than 1000 indigenous Australians served in WWI.
Small waves ‘could stop craft’
RORY CALLINANGentle ocean ripples would be enough to stop the navy’s $1.5bn amphibious ships from moving armoured vehicles to shore.
Small waves ‘could stop craft’
RORY CALLINANOcean ripples would be enough to stop the navy’s amphibious ships from moving armoured vehicles to shore, documents reveal.
New subs billion dollar coffins?
Roger BradburySubs are classic stealth predators with only one trick. Technology advances will soon make them sitting ducks in the water.
Warships needed closer to home
James Goldrick, Andrew ShearerThe time has come to shift our main maritime effort to our area of direct strategic interest in the western Pacific.
‘One third of ships tied up’
SIMON BENSONFormer admiral urges redeploying navy to Pacific to counter North Korean nuclear threat, IS and China military expansion.
Power battles ‘hamper Defence’
ROSIE LEWISDefence and security have been the “biggest single longstanding national policy failure” of successive governments.
Collins subs will remain ‘potent’
ROSIE LEWISThe Collins Class submarines have been removed from the ‘projects of concern list’ and will receive a fleet upgrade.
