Protesters took action inside defence minister Richard Marles’ electoral office and near Thai Air counters in Gadigal and Naarm to demand that Labor stop approving bomb door actuators parts for Israel’s F-35 fighter jets. Kerry Smith reports.
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A protest outside deputy prime minister and defence minister Richard Marles’ electorate office demanded he end the two-way arms trade with Israel. Tim Gooden reports.
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Richard Marles remains wildly enthusiastic about AUKUS, declaring it to be “full steam ahead” after meeting US war ministers Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio in Washington in December. Pip Hinman reports.
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The trilateral meeting held in Port Moresby on December 3 between the Indonesian, Australian and Papua New Guinean defence ministers took place in the shadow of Indonesia's brutal occupation of West Papua, writes Ali Mirin.
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Four Corners asked war minister Richard Marles why Labor had walked away from its promise to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. His incoherent answer was that things are different in government. Bevan Ramsden reports.
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Australia’s blatantly strings-attached aid to Papua New Guinea aims to further its own security interests, namely access to PNG’s bases and a military ally obliged to side with Australia in any confrontation with China. Allen Jennings reports.
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Anthony Albanese’s government is pushing bilateral security treaties with Pacific Island states as a matter of urgency, in a bid to shut China out. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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AUKUS makes it more, not less, likely for Australia to be involved in a United States war on China, but not because the government has had no say. Labor has chosen to be the US’ deputy sheriff, argues Pip Hinman.
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Labor’s push to further tie Australia to US military ambitions, represented by AUKUS and the recent Talisman Sabre military exercises, puts us on a path to destruction, argues Pip Hinman.
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Labor should cancel AUKUS, regardless of US President Donald Trump’s review of the military pact, argues Pip Hinman.
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Defence minister Richard Marles is keen to rebuke China for sending warnings to Australian military vessels and planes, but Australia is also playing chicken in the South China Sea. Pip Hinman reports.
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The defence minister and the City of Greater Geelong are enthusiastic about becoming a defence manufacturing zone, but not everyone agrees. Sue Bull reports.