Ben Doherty

Unopposed nomination comes seven years after Abbott lost his Sydney seat of Warringah at the 2019 election

The former PM can be eloquent and erudite about Australia – but he has a very particular conception of what this nation is and how it came to be

Commission also told NSW police declined to provide static police presence at Hanukah by the Sea but four officers at event when attack began

Commissioner says a number of witnesses reported ‘a dramatic increase in online hate messages’

Officers were ‘placed at significant risk, being in a gunfight armed with 9mm Glocks against long-arms’, NSW police deputy commissioner says

Minister tells Singapore defence summit undersea internet cables are being cut at an unprecedented rate, with Australia acutely vulnerable

Australia expects to make significant cost savings by buying a third secondhand American nuclear submarine for the Aukus program, instead of at least one brand new model.

Defence minister says ‘cost-effective’ decision to buy only secondhand Virginia nuclear-powered submarines will make training and operations easier

Pat Conroy says three used Virginia-class nuclear submarines from the US will be cheaper to buy and run

Foreign affairs minister says her position is to ‘always believe women’ when sexual assault allegations are made