Defence
China’s defence minister Li Shangfu ousted after missing for weeks
The latest victim of President Xi Jinping’s high-profile purges becomes the country’s shortest-serving defence minister.
- by Evelyn Yu and Yujing Liu
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Australia to streamline information sharing with US to seal subs deal
Hours after landing in Washington, Anthony Albanese said US politicians from all sides understood the value of the AUKUS pact and wanted “to get it right”.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Sweden’s NATO membership a step closer
Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan has submitted a bill for approval, pleasing his NATO allies.
- by Tuvan Gumrukcu and Huseyin Hayatsever
ABC agrees to pay indemnity costs to Heston Russell
The former special forces soldier won his defamation case against the broadcaster over reports suggesting he was involved in killing an Afghan prisoner.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Roberts-Smith to pay almost $1 million to continue defamation fight
The former SAS corporal has agreed to pay security for Nine newspapers’ legal costs ahead of his defamation appeal.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Floating ‘turkeys’: Is Australia spending $50bn on dud ships?
The Australian armada is sinking under a mountain of debt as it chases projects some argue aren’t fit for 21st century warfare.
- by Matthew Knott
‘This will make us weaker’: Army restructure faces backlash
The opposition says an army overhaul will damage morale and undermine the Defence Force’s bid to attract and retain more uniformed personnel.
- by Matthew Knott
‘Hard decisions’: Hundreds of troops sent north in Australian Army overhaul
Almost 1000 defence force roles will be shifted from southern to northern Australia in the biggest restructure of the army in over a decade.
- by Matthew Knott
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Anzac Day
Dogs who risk their lives in warzones could join the RSL
Border Collie Trip, a retired Explosives Detection Dog, and his handler both put their lives on the line in Afghanistan and Iraq. But while his handler can get all the benefits of his local RSL sub-branch at North Bondi, Trip is left in the dog house.
- by Tim Barlass
Croc attacks soldiers, now Defence must defend itself from jaws of law
The Department of Defence has been handed a 7000-page brief of evidence after being taken to court over two soldiers being mauled in a crocodile attack.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
‘Truth decay’: Defence Force chief warns of information warfare risks
General Angus Campbell says the Chinese military is especially invested in forms of psychological warfare that seek to confuse and divide foreign citizens.
- by Matthew Knott