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

Exclusive: Taiwan says it wants to deepen its relationship with Australia, confirming publicly for the first time a proposal to open a new trade office in Perth thenightly.com.au/politics/e…

A man has been arrested after allegedly making threats outside WA politician Hannah Beazley’s electoral office while armed with nunchucks on Wednesday afternoon thewest.com.au/news/wa/man-a…

As the horrific details of the attack on Helen Haines filtered through group chats and messages to members of Parliament on Monday, shock and despair soon turned to the question of ‘why?’ thenightly.com.au/politics/a…

Exclusive: A former Vice Chief of Defence will join top technology experts on a new taskforce to help Australia tackle artificial intelligence threats in the wake of the OpenAI breach of Services Australia @caitlynrintoul thenightly.com.au/politics/t…

Australia’s domestic intelligence chief has called for “respect” and “restraint” in political debate following the violent attack on Federal MP Helen Haines, echoing growing warnings from politicians to “lower the temperature” in public discourse thenightly.com.au/politics/h…

ASIO boss Mike Burgess on Helen Haines attack: “While political differences, debates and peaceful protests are essential parts of a healthy democracy, ASIO has seen direct correlations between inflamed language, inflamed tensions and acts of violence.” asio.gov.au/resources/speech…

“This is nothing short of a cowardly act of betrayal on the part of David Shoebridge. He has betrayed Ukraine and he has betrayed Ukrainian Australians, and instead embraced Vladimir Putin’s position” thenightly.com.au/opinion/an…

Exclusive: World-leading lethal undersea mines and unmanned craft that can be launched by vessels below the ocean’s surface are expected to be revealed on Monday as part of a secretive AUKUS project developed in Australia thewest.com.au/politics/defe…

Exclusive: More than three decades after Czechoslovakia split and Slovakia was formed, Australia’s trade minister has struggled to properly name the country while helping to reopen its embassy and praising its role in backing a European free trade deal 🇸🇰 thenightly.com.au/politics/m…

Labor will introduce the contentious legislation to parliament on Wednesday, implementing its plan to force liquefied natural gas producers to reserve a portion of their output for domestic use. thenightly.com.au/politics/g…

“We keep our focus on jobs and the economy . . . as some caucus members who were here in 2019 will have heard me say before, ‘we will be kicking with the wind in the fourth quarter’," the PM assured the caucus meeting thenightly.com.au/politics/a…

A committee has approved publication of the first volume of the official history of the ADF’s role in Iraq and Afghanistan hours after The Nightly reported the book had been waiting three years for approval thenightly.com.au/politics/g…

“We are in some disagreement with the government, but also the government’s been listening... We’re getting some movement" @RSL_Australia President Peter Tinley tells @PressClubAust on proposed sale of defence properties thenightly.com.au/australia/…

Pleased to contribute to this week’s first edition of the Defence Horizon magazine from the @westaustralian and @thenightlyau - alongside Australia’s leading national security writers including @BuchananLiz and @Brendan_ASPI editions.thenightly.com.au/c…

Speaking during a visit to Perth for the Land Forces conference, Richard Marles declined to say when construction would begin on WA’s massive new Henderson shipyard but expressed confidence it would be ready on time for large naval projects thenightly.com.au/australia/…

“We have a deep interest . . . in Austal, such that it can do the work as our strategic shipbuilder. We are comfortable with what has been spoken about with Austal” thewest.com.au/business/manu…

Exclusive: Australia’s Army Chief has acknowledged the “psychosocial risk” to the families of soldiers accused of committing war crimes in Afghanistan. Our interview with LTGEN Susan Coyle here thewest.com.au/politics/defe…