Opinion: Australia has had great difficulty in running a bunch of locally built conventional submarines. Imagine the difficulty in moving to sophisticated nuclear submarines, their maintenance and operational complexity. And all this at a time when US reliability and resolution around its strategic commitments and military engagements are under question, writes former prime minister Paul Keating.
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This pact ties Australia to any US military engagement against China
Exclusive: Australia is needlessly risking its security with a standoff with China, says former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, who claims Canberra must make the first move to settle tensions with Beijing.
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As tensions rise with China, Australia is ‘not so safe’, warns Mahathir
Malaysia’s former leader Mahathir Mohamad says Australia’s renewed Quad alliance with the US, Japan and India is “an aggressive move” that will anger China.
Anti-lockdown protesters in Victoria have clashed with police as they broke through a line of officers standing outside the state parliament building on Melbourne’s Spring Street.
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Police clash with anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne CBD
Anti-lockdown protestors have clashed with police at Sydney’s Victoria Park, while thousands of protestors have swarmed through Melbourne’s CBD. Follow our live coverage:
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Australia COVID LIVE updates: Heavy police presence as anti-lockdown protest planned to go ahead …
Thousands of police will take to the streets and set up checkpoints in Sydney’s CBD on Saturday to quell an anti-lockdown protest, Victoria’s lockdown is expected to b…
Scientists have discovered that a terrifying “dragon” once flew over Australia 105 million years ago, according to new research. The fossil of a pterosaur with a nearly 30-foot (7-meter) wingspan belonged to Australia’s largest flying reptile.