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Saudi Arabia Approves Loans for Agricultural Imports

Saudi Arabia's Agricultural Development Fund (ADF) approved loans worth 861 million riyals ($229.49 million) to finance agricultural imports, the government credit institution said on Thursday. The loans will help ensure the food security of the country, the statement added.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 17, 2022

'Grow Up': Yale Law School Students Interrupt Event, Demand Right To Talk Over Speakers

"FedSoc's decision to lend legitimacy to this hate group...profoundly undermined our community's values of equity and inclusivity."

Reason · Mar 16, 2022

Ex-soldier denied discharge after bullying

An ex-soldier has told a royal commission that being denied discharge by the Australian Defence Force after sustained bullying led to her psychological demise.

AAP · Mar 16, 2022

SES boss defends decision to reject army assistance days before northern NSW floods

NSW State Emergency Service commissioner Carlene York defends a decision not to accept offers of help from the army in the lead-up to the catastrophic floods in the state's north.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2022

Labor to consider civilian natural disaster agency as alternative to ADF as recovery focus switches to mental health

Shadow defence minister Brendan O’Connor says defence force should be trained for military purposes, not for disaster response

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2022

Nation records 16 Covid deaths; 25% of assessed Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley properties uninhabitable after floods – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2022

Scott Morrison defends move to leave Queensland off emergency declaration as ADF boosts flood recovery efforts

The Prime Minister says he's listening to the Queensland Premier by not including the state in a national emergency declaration, as the man coordinating the ADF's flood response confirms a boost in the number of boots on the ground helping to clean up in two states.

ABC News · Mar 12, 2022

Defence forces face an uphill battle to realise troop boost

The government plans to oversee the largest expansion of the Defence Force since the Vietnam War, increasing personnel from 60,000 to almost 80,000.

The New Daily · Mar 10, 2022

'Failure of leadership' across ADF: probe

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has been told a "failure of leadership" has led to poor culture across the Australian Defence Force.

AAP · Mar 10, 2022

The Loop: Plans to boost ADF troops, Ukrainian war updates, Dolly Parton's great life advice and some sharks do actually sleep

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ABC News · Mar 9, 2022