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Marnus Labuschagne has admitted that Australia’s experience of playing day-night Tests will see them start the Gabba Test with an in-built advantage

Defence minister says officials will continue to monitor Chinese flotilla but it is too early to tell if ships are headed for Australia

Biggest changes to defence bureaucracy since the 1970s aim to tackle budget and timeline blowouts, government says

More than 900 people are dead, thousands more missing and millions affected by a band of cyclones and extreme monsoonal weather across southern Asia. Torrential rain has triggered the worst flooding in decades, accompanied by landslides. Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia have been hit hardest. The death toll…

Dozens of departmental staff were sent to Brazil for the United Nations climate conference, costing the government almost two million dollars.

Clinton Fernandes has established himself as one of the most original and insightful analysts of Australian security policy. An early career with the Australian Army Intelligence Corps no doubt gave him an inside view of the ideas that influence security policy in this country.

Rising interest rates in the world's third-largest bond market have investors weighing the benefits of fixed interest against fading growth in equities.

“We sincerely apologise to anyone who felt excluded or uncomfortable at this year’s TikTok Awards.”

Earlier this year, the world watched with interest as the Murdoch family’s real-life Succession drama came to a close.