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The government is expected to quietly release the review of national security think tanks — conducted by former DFAT secretary Peter Varghese — next week.

The government is expected to quietly release the review of national security think tanks — conducted by former DFAT secretary Peter Varghese — next week.

The unions are ramping up pressure on embattled ANU vice chancellor Genevieve Bell as the university struggles to cut costs after years of financial mismanagement.

The Israeli prime minister wants to ramp up settlements in Syria, where a long-running war to topple Bashar al-Assad reached an abrupt end this month.

The response from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade comes just weeks after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticised Australia's “extreme anti-Israel position”.

The long-awaited review into Commonwealth-funded national security research divides think tanks into those receiving core operational funding and those receiving project grants.

The teal independent says indexation and stamp duty will be on the table if the major parties need to negotiate for a majority after the election.

The Opposition's long awaited nuclear costings do not include financial incentives to win over state governments who oppose the plan.

The Opposition's long awaited nuclear costings do not include financial incentives to win over state governments who oppose the plan.

The news: Labor wants a permanent say on appointments to the Australia Strategic Policy Institute's (ASPI) even out of government, and to scrap funding for its office in Washington DC.