15 August 2016

Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Defence

3 Jan 2024

Bruce Haig's last post via P&I: AUKUS, GOVERNMENT, POLITICS
Albo is in denial. He seeks protection and reassurance
2 Dec 2023
ASD Cyber Threat Report 2022–2023 via cyber.gov.au Nov 2023


24 Nov 2023

    
            

P&I: Being part of The Global Supply Network re: Au's role in the attack of Gaza
The answer: very little

12-14 Nov 2023

Insiders Video:  Foreign Minister Penny Wong
30-31 May 2023
Estimates: 
Defence has a 54 contracts with PwC for a total value of $223,299,943.56.
The list of names of PwC employees caught up in the scandal: redacted.

29 Mar 2023
Gu: Asio to take over issuing high-level security clearances due to ‘unprecedented’ espionage threat

Crikey: How Christopher Pyne’s ‘business council’ became a de facto government trade agency with the UAE

The former defence minister is using ADF officers to prop up his privately owned venture in the growing defence industry

3 - 19 Mar 2023
Human Rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson on AUKUS via q&a
“The brain child of Scott Morrison, and 
given what we know about Scott Morrison’s brain, we should…”
Thread: Twitter on Stan Grant trying to stop another Paul Keating-style roast.

P&I: It’s good to be mean to war propagandists
IA: Keating's skewering of mainstream media spot on

Margaret Simons viaGu: ‘Pretentious’, ‘hyperbolic’ and ‘irresponsible’: 
what was behind Nine newspapers’ Red Alert series?
TSP: The AUKUS submarines will never happen
Anton Nilsson viaCrikey: Dutton and Morrison take credit for AUKUS deal
As 'defence hawks and chest-beating politicians' celebrate AUKUS, the former prime minister wants some of the glory. 

Beyond words: Labor’s betrayal of AustraliaBy Mike Gilligan
22 Feb 2023
abcNEWS/defence: 
Judges, journalists and military veterans targeted in 'unprecedented' spy threat on Australia

13 - 16 Feb 2023
27 Dec 2022
The Cloud Act agreement will allow US and Australian authorities to demand information from tech companies 
based in overseas jurisdictions. The deal has been approved by an Australian parliamentary inquiry.

20 Dec 2022
9 June 2022

Andrew Greene viaABCnews 

27 May 2022
26 May 2022
Gu: Agency’s statement, which triggered last-minute scare campaign from Liberals, prompts increasing questions about its independence
Investigation into text messages. Acting PM Richard Marles said it was unacceptable.
LiberalNSW's text message re: ABF intercepting an illegal boat trying to reach Aus.
Karen Middleton on ABCnews re: a boat been detected (by the Sri Lankan Navy) ..
24 May 2022
Investigation into text messages. Acting PM Richard Marles said it was unacceptable.

23 May 2022
Australia's new PM Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong head off for Quad leaders Meet.

According to AEC Tally Room, Labor has reached 76 seats at 2.32pm.

2.44pm: LiberalNSW's text message re: ABF intercepting an illegal boat trying to reach Aus.
1.39pm: Karen Middleton on ABCnews re: a boat been detected (by the Sri Lankan Navy) ..

13 May 2022
Gu: It’s unprecedented for Dutton to label a Chinese spy ship sailing outside Australia’s territory an ‘act of aggression’

24 April 2022
ABCnews: Defence renews storage deal with Global Switch, 
years after Government vowed to ditch Chinese-owned firm
15-17 Sep 2021
Gu: Aukus pact  
will scrap $90b program to build French-designed subs

16 November 2020
SBSnews:  Aid boost for Southeast Asia during ASEAN summit
 
30 Sep 2020

Jul 27, 2020 Updated:
The biggest threat to Australia: What Trump is prepared to do for re-election

25 July 2020
1 July 2020
Just a reannouncement of spending on defence.  $270B over 10 years instead of 100B.  PMO leaked to their friend msm yesterday.  We see you #ScottyfromMarketing.   

29 May 2020
  
Amanda Vanstone is on the board of the largest weapons maker in the world. 
  
24 May 2020
Murdoch's the Australian has been out throwing mud at the Andrew Government.  In the wake of the Belt and Road Initiative, check out vic.gov.au website.  The framework agreement downloadable.
In addition, the smh had an article on The BRI .  LNP made a deal with China.

Like Fox News and Sky News, The Australian: News you can't trust.  Greg Sheridan @theAust will have another go on #Insiders on Sunday.  Boycott it, sleeping in this Sunday again.

20 May 2020 
MW:  Defence spending continues to rocket in spite of coronavirus recession

18 Oct 2019
Paul Bongiorno: Trump and the G7 meeting location Thread

10 Oct 2019
Penny Wong on the military action of Turkey in Syria.
2 Oct 2019
Trump impeachment continued: ScoMo agreed to help gather info against Mueller inquiry.

21 Sep 2019
17 Nov 2018
No surprise why parliament pollies are slow at an ICAC establishment.
12 Nov 2018
Big spending on weapons, but cut funding to the hungry
30 Oct 2018
MW  Defence spending keeps spiralling as embarrassed government blocks data 
Defence spending keeps spiralling as embarrassed government blocks data 

18 September 2017  Victoria Foreign donations law
 
9 September 2017 
Reference letter from Joyce & Ciobo for Adani to get finance from China
Crisis in Myanmar & Bangladesh
 
5 September 2017
Gu: Bill Shorten announces he will travel to Sth Korea as PM awaits Trump's call
Penny Wong and Bill Shorten 
29 August 2017 Japan
Gu: 'Missile passing': Japan wakes to ominous warning about Nth Korean launch
12 August 2017
abcNEWS: Former army chief warns Malcolm Turnbull against bloody ugly war with KJu
Gu: Australia will back US in any conflict with Nth Korea, Turnbull says  
23 July 2017 
Individual and lawyer's comments on fed gov's new 'home office'
18 July 2017 AFP + ASIO + Border Farce + parts of Immigration = Home Affairs 
 
22 July 2017  Defence Force   
14.48 AEST Gu: Chinese spy ship sighted off Qld coast
  

Joint military force in training
18 July 2017 
AFP + ASIO + Border Farce + parts of Immigration = Home Affairs 
 
Gu: Peter Dutton given controll of new home affairs super ministry
17 July 2017
gu: Malcolm Turnbull to give defence force greater powers to respond to terrorism

10 July 2017 G20 submarine deal 
 
16 May 2017   
The government's plan of spending $89 billion on naval shipbuilding according to The Australian. Labor says: the plan will see local job lost. 
4 July 2017  
20.15 gu: North Korea claims successful test of inter-continental ballistic missle
 
August 2016  Labor Shadow Ministry

5 Jun 2017

-----------------------------------------------------
22 November 2015 ABC - Insiders  
Diplomatic relations with the US 
 

BARRIE CASSIDY: Now I want to ask you about the sale of the Port of Darwin to the Chinese. The Americans are not happy about it, but it appeared as if they didn't really know about it either. 

CLIVE PALMER: Yeah, it's very disturbing and I think it's - you wouldn't be happy if you sent your son down to serve in this country, to protect this country and find out a foreign power had acquired a property right next to where he was based and certainly it puts into challenge all the good work that has been done over so many years for our Australian-US alliance. The simple is that the Government should resume the report now, the Federal Government, give the China fees back their money and keep our faith with our American allies.
 -----------------------------------------------------

 18 Dec 2015 abc - Fact Check: Questions on the TPP answered
6 Oct 2015 18.49 AEDT guardian/Trans-Pacific-Partnership
15.35  From cars to cough medicine: why the TPP matters to you
  
   
6 Oct 2015 Council on Foreign Relations CFR Events - TPP Trade Deal
Andrew Robb, the trade and investment minister (L) 
----------------------------------
Dec 2016
6 January 2016 abcNEWS 
Gulfstream G550 flying in the sky 

5 Oct 2015 late arvo abcNEWS/Victoria/ Hawkei