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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Canada’s PM, Mark Carney, at the Global Progress Action Summit held in London in September.

O Canada, O Albanese: This middle power roars as Australia’s exemplar

Prime Minister Mark Carney, who visits Australia this week, dares to project his nation as an important player in global politics. Australia must do the same.

  • George Brandis

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FBI Director Kash Patel answers questions in a Senate committee hearing in March.

Spies, secrets, and a broken promise: How Trump’s FBI boss let down MI5

At a secret gathering south of London, the head of Britain’s domestic security service asked Kash Patel for help. What happened next left the Britons incredulous.

  • Adam Goldman
A jobseeker holds an L3Harris flyer at a career in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, this month. Reported say Peter Williams was the general manager of L3Harris subsidiary Trenchant until August this year.

‘Betrayed’: US unleashes on Australian who sold stolen defence secrets to Russia

Peter Williams, 39, admitted to the theft of eight cybersecurity-related trade secrets from his US employer and selling them to a Russian broker for $2 million.

  • Michael Koziol
Migrant families wade into the sea at Gravelines, France, in an attempt to board a small boat heading to the UK.

Australia offers helping hand as Britain struggles to stop wave of asylum seekers

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has outlined Australia’s approach to borders to his British counterpart as top top-level intelligence talks took place in London.

  • David Crowe
An aerial view of Diego Garcia.

Loss of tiny island with key defence post plunges British Empire into darkness

A Union Jack once always caught the sun somewhere around the globe. But now that will no longer be the case, after a court ruling about an island that is critical to the Five Eyes alliance.

  • Rob Harris
White House national security adviser Mike Waltz, left, speaks with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth last month. Waltz added the journalist to the group chat, Hegseth divulged highly sensitive military details.

‘They screwed up’: Intel community aghast at Trump team’s security breach

For US allies, including Australia, the Signal chat scandal is another reminder that this administration cares little for established norms and protocols.

  • Michael Koziol
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JD Vance and Hegseth texts

The Signal chat decoded: What Hegseth and Waltz revealed in airstrike text messages

Details of a planned US airstrike in Yemen mistakenly shared with a journalist on the messaging app Signal were almost certainly classified information, military experts say.

The Five Eyes allies are Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States.

Shocking security bungle proves the US can no longer be trusted

We need America out of the Five Eyes alliance now before they cause us serious harm, and then to realign our security arrangements with Europe, writes Bruce Hyland.

Five Eyes wide shut: Now is the wrong time to pause in shaping Australia’s intelligence agencies

The government commissioned a review into our intelligence services. Why haven’t we seen the results?

  • Rory Medcalf
Treasurer Jim Chalmers, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, director of Trump’s National Economic Council Kevin Hassett and US Ambassador Kevin Rudd in Washington DC, where they discussed trade and tariffs.

‘Trump’s call’: Australia’s diplomatic assault over tariffs hits roadblock

Kevin Rudd put on a breakfast spread for Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his US counterpart in Washington. But the key decision-maker was missing.

  • Michael Koziol