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Given Australia has recently sought to steady its rocky relationship with China, this cooperation with the Philippines could come at a cost.
Our foreign policy may need to deal with twin challenges brought about by climate change.
There are advantages to a regional force overseen by the East African Community – particularly as the bloc is leading new political talks.
Australia’s highly-trained personnel are as much an asset as physical technology.
Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is used to win a place in government, not to overthrow it. And it keeps working.
The evidence presented and initial findings show how important the royal commission is.
Many personnel leave for family reasons. The increases in retention and recruitment needed to boost ADF numbers by 30% require drastic policy changes to limit the impacts on children’s lives.
While military aircraft with innovative technologies are designed to fight wars, they also need to exist safely in our communities.
Lazy platitudes about Australian moral and military exceptionalism were put to the test in Afghanistan, and found wanting.
The Brereton report is providing an opportunity for the ADF to rethink its core values. It ignores changing social expectations at its peril.
These issues matter to our strategic allies, particularly in the Pacific. Dutton’s climate change scepticism and attitudes toward First Nations people could have a damaging effect.
ADF Chief Angus Campbell has publicly retreated in the dispute over revoking the Meritorious Unit Citation for the Special Operations Task Group serving in Afghanistan between 2007 and 2013.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has demanded China apologise for – and Twitter remove – a highly offensive tweet depicting an Australian soldier with a knife to the throat of a child.
The revocation of citations for special forces units, in light of the Brereton inquiry, could land the government in hot water
Negotiations on the recent defence pact between the two nations had stalled over the issue of the death penalty, which Japan has and Australia opposes.
Scott Morrison has always put the military on an extremely high pedestal. When some of those on that pedestal are found to have done appalling things, the shock is doubly great.
The long-awaited inquiry found 23 incidents in which one or more non-combatants were unlawfully killed.
In a region and world in flux, Japan and Australia have taken another step towards a formal military alliance.
New legislation would give the ADF more power to respond to future bushfires and other disasters. But questions remain about the scope of this involvement and how ADF personnel would be deployed.
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