National security
- Opinion
- AUKUS
Truth submerged? AUKUS will cost us $368 billion, so this is no time for secrecy
Secrecy in policy development is rarely justified – and it certainly isn’t for AUKUS, our eye-wateringly expensive defence deal with the US and UK.
- Carmen Lawrence
Latest
‘Should set off alarm bells’: Call for probe into politicians’ use of Chinese EVs
ASIO told politicians not to have sensitive conversations while n taxpayer-funded vehicles, which a Liberal senator says are “rolling Chinese data centres”.
- Matthew Knott
- Updated
- Nazis Next Door
Burke uses Bondi powers to outlaw neo-Nazi hate group
Joining or providing support to far-right group White Australia, previously known as the National Socialist Network, will be punishable by up to 15 years in jail.
- Matthew Knott, Nick Newling and Sherryn Groch
Two ISIS brides to make bid for freedom on slavery charges
Charge sheets reveal the women are accused of illegally using and exercising ownership over a slave until November 2018.
- Lachlan Abbott and Angus Delaney
Albanese declares ‘zero sympathy’ for ISIS brides as Yazidi community lives in fear
An estimated 20 ISIS-linked women and children who remain stuck in a camp in Syria could seek to return to Australia in the coming weeks.
- Matthew Knott
- Updated
- Islamic State
Three ‘IS brides’ arrested after returning to Australia
Three Islamic State-linked women have been arrested, one of whom has been charged, after arriving back in Australia and face jail time for alleged slavery offences and travelling to proscribed zones.
- Matthew Knott, Mostafa Rachwani and Cassandra Morgan
- Opinion
- Islamic State
Islamic State wives’ return is no threat, but our cruelty to their kids is shameful
The four women face some of the toughest counter-terrorism laws in the democratic world upon their return. I worry for their children, the victims of callous indifference from our politicians.
- Ben Saul
- Updated
- Middle East at war
Australia to boost fuel stockpile to 50 days under $10b package as oil crisis worsens
The new fuel-security package marks a major policy shift as the government seeks to tackle the impacts of the Iran war.
- Mike Foley, Brittany Busch and Nick Toscano
‘Incubated in hatred’: Warnings, risks laid bare as Bondi royal commission zeroes in on security flaws
Royal commissioner Virginia Bell delivered an interim report with a focus on NSW Police, security agencies and possible failures that may have led to the attack.
- Alexandra Smith, Matthew Knott and Michael McGowan
- Opinion
- Climate crisis
Energy security is now inseparable from national security. Australia has options, but they’re being neglected
Securing Australia’s energy system through rapid renewable deployment and electrification is a strategic necessity, not just an environmental goal.
- Chris Barrie and Ian Dunlop