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We are fated, whether we like it or not, to live in interesting times, having entered, as one prominent observer puts it a “decade of living dangerously”.

With almost one in five people in the electorate of Chisholm having Chinese ancestry, that subset of the community could have a big say in who wins the seat. However, the "Chinese community" covers a broad range of experiences and views, and three weeks out from election day, many are…

Elections held in the shadow of war or overarching national security concerns tend to favour incumbents.

"If you want peace, you have to prepare for war"

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Peter Dutton declared, "the only way you can preserve peace is to prepare for war".

Deputy Labor leader Richard Marles says Coalition ‘is a government which beats its chest’ but does not deliver

Defence Minister Peter Dutton says Australia can only preserve peace by preparing for war, while Labor's deputy leader criticises the government for failing to prepare Australia for any future conflict.

The defence minister says Australia must prepare for war to preserve peace, but Labor says the government needs to match its words with actions.