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To defend Australia, we must create a national citizens’ militia
If the Australian government is serious about the dire warning from the Defence Strategic Review, it should embrace a training program where civilians can defend our country should the need arise.
- by Anthony Bergin
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The Reporter podcast: Bullimore and the coin toss
This week on The Reporter podcast, Michael Thomson and Gary Adshead discuss the extraordinary rescue of missing round-the-world yachtsman Tony Bullimore.
Heads you keep the story, tails you lose: Reporting the Tony Bullimore rescue
“There’s something in the water,” I pointed and yelled from the deck of the warship. “There. He’s alive. There. It’s him.” But it still wasn’t my story to tell.
- by Gary Adshead
Major military helicopter crash in Queensland
A military helicopter crash is believed to have killed four people in Queensland.
What Australia’s next generation of army vehicles will look like
A defence expert said the fast-moving infantry fighting vehicles would give Australia ‘the best capability on offer’ to replace personnel carriers from the 1960s.
- by Lachlan Abbott
New armoured vehicles slated for Australian Army
Redback infantry fighting vehicles will be built near Geelong, the federal government announced on Thursday. Watch them in action. Video credit: Department of Defence
Australia to spend $10 billion on new fleet of Hercules planes
The workhorse of Australia’s defence aircraft fleet, the Hercules, will be expanded and upgraded in a $10 billion deal.
- by Shane Wright
After unusual manoeuvres, former commando and ABC to face off in court this week
The national broadcaster is relying on an untested new defence in a defamation trial that could prove costly.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
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Defence
We can’t guarantee we can defend our bases, admits RAAF chief
“No, I think there’s work to be done,” Air Marshal Robert Chipman said when asked if the RAAF could repel an attack.
- by Latika Bourke
‘A very sad story’: After 107 years, seven Australians can finally rest in peace
It was an unmitigated disaster, the most deadly 24 hours in Australian military history. Now seven of those killed have had their identity restored.
- by Rob Harris
Bizarre twist as ABC revives defence in ex-commando’s defamation case
In a stunning reversal, the ABC has reinstated the defence it abandoned in its defamation fight with former commando Heston Russell.
- by Michaela Whitbourn