Defence
Taking aim at ethics of war
Claire CorbettArmies are in the business of killing people and destroying property. Can they do it ethically?
Embassy ‘knew of turbines’
SAM BUCKINGHAM-JONESThe government has known for two years about plans for a wind farm on the site of a World War I battlefield.
‘Spare a thought for fallen’
JOE KELLYThe mother of a fallen Digger is urging people to open their hearts to the private struggles of veterans.
French hear wind farm concerns
SAM BUCKINGHAM-JONESFrench officials will pass on Australian concerns about a wind farm being built on a WWI battlefield.
‘Human error’ led to manual loss
ROSIE LEWISThe loss of a Parliament House security manual by BAE Systems was ‘human error’, the UK government says.
Inquiry into SAS ‘gun smuggling’
ANDREW BURRELLThe ADF is investigating allegations by a whistleblower that an SAS soldier smuggled weapons into Afghanistan.
Veterans minister under fire
STEPHEN FITZPATRICKAustralia will seek an explanation from France about plans to dig up a World War I battlefield where Diggers died.
Germans bullish on boat bid
PRIMROSE RIORDANGermany’s Fassmer, bidding to build our new patrol vessels, believe their ships’ helicopter hangars give them the edge.
Wind farms for war graves site
STEPHEN FITZPATRICKDescendants of WWI soldiers whose bodies are believed to lie in a French field are outraged over planned wind farms.
N Korea conflict ‘in months’
ANDREW BURRELLOne of Australia’s leading national security analysts has predicted a crisis he says will lead to a huge rise in defence spending.
Urgency to anti-missile upgrade
PRIMROSE RIORDANMalcolm Turnbull has brought forward a decision to upgrade the defence force’s anti-ship missile system.
Illegal guns on Afghan battlefield
ANDREW BURRELLA Special Air Service Regiment soldier has been accused of smuggling untraceable weapons to Afghanistan.
No charge for day in the desert
CAMERON STEWARTIt was supposed to be a full throated charge across the desert. In the end, it was more like a confused canter.
Heroic charge into family lore
JOE KELLYThe man who led the cavalry-style charge in Beersheba will be remembered as a ‘great leader’.
Beersheba sacrifices honoured
Cameron Stewart in BeershebaTwo nations yesterday gave thanks for the sacrifice of young Anzacs in Beersheba 100 years ago.
Poetry in motion
PETER CRAVENThe Battle of Beersheba holds a defining place in our cultural heritage.
A charge is relived
Cameron Stewart in BeershebaBryan Brown stands amid the rows of graves at Beersheba and struggles to contemplate the deeds of those around him.
Monument to a four-legged hero
Caroline OveringtonAustralia sent 120,000 horses to World War I, yet only one of them returned home. Finally, we have a memorial to that special animal.
IS losing propaganda war
SIMON BENSONThe gains made against Islamic State targets in the Middle East were crippling its global propaganda efforts.
F-35 is trillion-dollar baby
Deborah HaynesThe estimated lifetime cost of the world’s most expensive warplanes, which Australia is buying, has jumped.
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