Delighted to be joining @thenightlyau and @westaustralian as National Political Editor - but couldn’t wait for next week’s start date to begin filing 😀

“I think to be fair to the Japanese, I think a number of interested parties have made their views known, that’s a good thing”

If @sussanley can stare down her party rivals in Canberra next week, she’s likely to avoid a very unwelcome political milestone by ensuring @AlexanderDowner keeps his record as the shortest serving @LiberalAus leader ever

Australia Post chief executive Paul Graham tops a list of 18 Commonwealth agency heads paid more than $1 million as executives at the burdened postal service stood accused of delivering half the work for twice the money (via @katinacurtis) https://t.co/hdOqwsM7cd

Sources claim the journalist, before joining the BBC, allegedly used his role in Brussels to approach senior figures within international organisations… people with access to sensitive military intelligence and may have attempted to “honeytrap” officials

“Without our shared efforts, the cumulative toll on our region would be a weaker, less cohesive, and less sovereign group of nations, without the collective security and prosperity that we seek” https://t.co/dj78BNEuv3

“What I would also say — it’s a 1500-metre race — be really careful where you position yourself on the first lap. It’s nothing, nobody really cares. The finish line is two and a half years away, and that’s where you’ve got to be positioning yourself”

“We have systems to protect information, and we would be very confident . . . that there would be no risk to their IP. And just because you own 20 per cent of the company, it doesn’t mean you get access to technical data or the company systems”

The Turkish sources said Turkey and Australia explored a joint presidency model during talks on the margins of the UN General Assembly in September, including sharing hosting duties for high-level meetings and jointly steering negotiations

The Sunday Times can reveal Japan’s Defence Ministry has on at least two occasions written to the Defence Department in Canberra about its unease with Hanwha’s proposal to increase its stake in the strategic WA business https://t.co/gqjI67wiAW

New regulations that could impact fishing and boating around Garden Island sharpened anti-AUKUS criticisms, but Resource Minister Madeleine King slammed the claims, declaring the island open to the public.   https://t.co/VXH09PsyDF

Popular Garden Island fishing and boating spots could soon be placed off limits after the Albanese Government quietly issued new regulations declaring the entire area around HMAS Stirling naval base as a “nuclear power safety zone”

“As amazing as the AUKUS submarine program is for Australia, it does suck up a lot of funding. It always seems like if you are in defence, you want to almost now run two separate defence budgets - one for the submarines and one for everything else"

“If that decision is made, probably there will be some reaction from the Japanese government but at this moment I’m not in a position to answer that kind of questions, I’m sorry”

“Nothing Greg Melick said should be taken with offence... It came from a place of deep love for his country and after decades of service, both in and out of uniform"

“Without a grand strategy to inform it and without sufficient funding, our defence strategy risks becoming a matter of what we can afford and not what we need"

“Our defence minister is keenly aware of the issues facing his portfolio so the challenge before him is to convince his colleagues to rebalance our priorities, otherwise in future Remembrance Day ceremonies, we may well regret the conflict we didn't deter” https://t.co/6J47tLtfYn

Departing RSL President Greg Melick has delivered a blistering critique of the country’s preparedness for future conflicts in a Remembrance Day speech: “Despite the fact that this nation has been involved in wars more often than not since Federation, I fear we remain complacent”

https://t.co/Xl25zQ4v7o

The Canberra Liberals, who have languished in opposition for twenty-four years, have lost another leader with Leanne Castley announcing she’s stepping down following a turbulent 12 months in her party’s top job

We have some sad news to share. Former Federal Minister Graham Richardson has died. The Labor Party legend was 76 years old. 🎧 https://t.co/w37BimWFti 🎧