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AAP to receive multimillion-dollar federal government funding boost We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Newswire AAP, which almost closed last year over concerns it was losing too much money, is expected to receive almost $20 million in funding from the federal government’s budget. Industry sources familiar with the funding, who spoke anonymously because the budget has not been announced, said the federal governm...

AAP to receive multimillion-dollar federal government funding boost We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Newswire AAP, which almost closed last year over concerns it was losing too much money, is expected to receive almost $20 million in funding from the federal government’s budget. Industry sources familiar with the funding, who spoke anonymously because the budget has not been announced, said the federal governm...

There are calls to upgrade Australias ageing Collins class submarines amid rising tensions with China. (Royal Australian Navy)(Supplied) The Collins vessels are scheduled to end their service by 2026, while the first of Australias 12 new Attack-class submarines is not expected to be delivered until about 2035 - potentially leaving the Australian Defence Force without submarines for years. Despite costs blowing out to almost $90 billion, the French-designed vessels - being built under the Future...

Australia has to ‘sharpen focus’ on the current capabilities of the defence force06/05/2021|7min Independent Senator Rex Patrick says Australia needs to “sharpen our focus” on the current capabilities of the defence force. Defence Minister Peter Dutton is planning to upgrade the Navy’s six Collins-class submarines in order to avoid a capability gap whilst waiting for the arrival of new French-built submarines". “Submarines will play an important part in the defence of Australia,” ...

National security vs the publics right to know. "I feel were living in very dangerous times here in Australia...one day well wake up and wonder how on earth we got here." MP In a Canberra court room one of the most controversial trials ever to be held in Australia will soon get under way. The case is highly sensitive, with key evidence central to the allegations unlikely to ever be heard by the public. "This could be...one of the most secretive trials in Australian history." Former judge A fo...

MacroBusiness Access Subscriber Only Content at 10:40 am on May 5, 2021 | 16 comments The Australian has released a stunning series of reports (here and here) on Victoria’s latest hotel quarantine failure, which seeded the state’s third hard lockdown in February and resulted in international arrivals being banned for two months. The allegations are based on a secret Victorian Government report leaked to the paper, entitled Hotel Quarantine Outbreak Retrospective CQV Infection Prevention &...

New Zealand's parliament has passed a motion condemning China for its treatment of Uighurs but has fallen short of calling it genocide.

Good morning, early birds. Leaked report reveals Victoria's third lockdown was sparked by swabbing in an open doorway, and the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament has been suspended indefinitely, leaving more than 30 Australian players, coaches, and staff in limbo. It's the news you need to know, with Chris Woods.

by Tyler Durden In the latest from their ongoing and increasingly nasty geopolitical row, China is accusing Australia  giving a "free pass" to terror-sympathizers over accusations that Aussie politicians are backing Uighur activists and providing external support to Muslim fundamentalists in Xinjiang.  This latest diplomatic fight started when as news.au.com describes Chinese state media "seized on an article, published by fringe political group the Australian Citizens Party, criticizing lo...

Save Share On Monday, the Prime Minister said the likelihood of anyone being charged under biosecurity bans on travel from India were “pretty much zero”, but he defended the two-week measure as necessary to protect Australians from the raging pandemic. Pragmatism needed: Australia India Business Council chairman Jim Varghese.   Jorge Branco Australia India Business Council chairman Jim Varghese said the threat of fines of up to $66,000 and five years’ jail for returning citize...