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‘Tragic’ delays: documents reveal Australia knew time was running out to extract Afghan staff
Exclusive: Previously secret papers show charter flight considered ‘high risk’ a month before Kabul fell to Ta…
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Is China stepping up its ambition to supplant US as top superpower?
Analysis: Joe Biden has cleared the decks to focus on China. But how imminent is the danger?It may have been a…
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Is China stepping up its ambition to supplant US as top superpower?
Analysis: Joe Biden has cleared the decks to focus on China. But how imminent is the danger?It may have been a…
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Inquiry needed into Australia’s silence on West Papuan massacre, human rights groups say
Revelations that Australia knew about atrocities by Indonesian military but did nothing are ‘deeply disturbing…
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China warns US-UK-Australia pact could ‘hurt own interests’
Aukus described as ‘exclusionary’ amid French anger at scrapping of $90bn submarine deal with AustraliaChina h…
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Australian foreign minister was told to close embassy before May visit to Kabul, documents reveal
Dfat timeline shows Marise Payne received formal advice to shutter embassy five days before meeting with then-…
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Escape from Kabul: how an Australia-linked group is working in the shadows to get people out
The 21st Kabul Lancers has worked unofficially to organise safe routes out for Australia-trained soldiers, int…
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Afghans who worked with Australian forces wait for death at the hands of the Taliban
Many former interpreters whose visa applications have been held up by Australian bureaucracy are now trapped b…
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‘Even if die I will tell the truth’: witness speaks out at Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial
Even by the standards of this extraordinary cases, this was a remarkable weekAfter two full days giving eviden…
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Afghan war veteran burns service medal, saying Morrison government betraying Anzac spirit
Stuart McCarthy accuses Coalition of abandoning Afghans who worked with ADF, saying dozens have already been k…
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Australians fear attack from China almost as much as Taiwanese do, survey finds
More than four in 10 Australians think Chinese are coming and analysts say that’s partly due to government’s ‘…
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About 80 Afghan interpreters given visas and flown to safety in Australia
Federal LNP MP says government is considering moving other locally engaged employees to safe areas while visa …
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Afghan interpreters say Australian visa offer is not enough to get them to safety
Government has granted 90 visas to Afghans who worked with Australian forces, but they say they need military …
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How the ‘good war’ went bad: elite soldiers from Australia, UK and US face a reckoning
As coalition troops prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan after 20 years, former soldiers, key officers and the…
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Taliban threaten Afghan security guards who work for Australian embassy in Kabul
Guards say their work for Australia has made them and their families targets for retributionThe Taliban have p…