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Former federal defence minister and WA governor, Kim Beazley, is urging Australia to focus on strengthening its relationship with India to compete with the rise of China.

In the last decade, the extension of global cannabis value chains has played an important role in the proliferation of a number of certifications. Increasingly, whether producing cannabis flower, industrial hemp or derived products for global markets, producers have become subject to a variety of certifications, standards and good manufacturing practices.

When the government announced a landmark defence review this week, it invoked Paul Dibb's work for the Hawke government 30 years ago. Three decades on, he explains why this latest review is so significant.

There are fresh calls for Australia's biggest corporations to rein in record profits in order to provide low wage earners with some cost-of-living relief.

The federal government has announced a strategic review of Australia's military structure and posture, the first in 10 years, alongside talks on new submarines.

Former defence minister Stephen Smith will join retired Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston in conducting the first review of Defence Force structure in a decade.

“The LGBTQ community have not had their rights for a lifetime so if I can share my voice and put my 10p in, then I’m going to do it”

With a record 6.6m people waiting for routine NHS treatment, Professor Stephen Smith wants the charges to pay for medical equipment - but critics slam the proposal

Experts warn move would ‘depart from founding principles of a tax-funded public service’