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Liberal Party Dumps NSW Candidate Who Believes Women Shouldn’t Serve In Combat For The ADF

Ben Britton made comments on a fringe right-wing podcast which didn’t align with official Liberal positions.

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Coalition dumps Liberal candidate who said women should not serve in ADF combat roles

Ben Britton, who was running as the candidate for Whitlam in NSW, has been removed from the Liberal party’s website

The Guardian - AU

The Christian right has set the US on the road to Gilead. Without a fight, other nations may follow

Women’s rights – especially abortion – are truly at risk, says writer and broadcaster Deborah Frances-White

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Abortion clinic buffer zones: What has the US been saying and what is UK law?

The US Department of State and vice president have made comments on UK law in recent weeks.

Evening Standard

Liberal candidate says women should not serve in ADF combat roles amid range of controversial views

Benjamin Britton, standing in the seat of Whitlam, told a rightwing podcast Australia’s education system ‘brainwashed’ students with Marxist ideology, and praised Isle of Man flat tax

The Guardian - AU

US anti-abortion group expands campaign in UK

Exclusive: Alliance Defending Freedom, which is funding case of activist Livia Tossici-Bolt, is lobbying against buffer zones around clinics

The Guardian - UK

What are UK laws on abortion clinic ‘buffer zones’ and what has US been saying?

US vice president JD Vance and now the US State Department have drawn attention to legal cases in the UK.

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Defence spending: our research shows how Australia can stop buying weapons for the wars of the past

Australia’s defence spending is on the rise. The future defence budget has already been increased to 2.4% of GDP. There is pressure from the new Trump administration in the United States to raise this further to at least 3%.

The Conversation

Australia may no longer be ‘deputy sheriff’, but its reliance on the US has only grown deeper since 2000

The year 2000 marked an inflection point for many Western countries, including Australia, in their outlook towards the world.

The Conversation

Armed Groups Covet Cocoa In Eastern DR Congo

Despite the risks from deadly armed groups roaming the countryside, Judith Kahindo walks alone every day to her isolated cocoa plantation in the war-torn North Kivu region of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

International Business Times

We can’t keep relying on the ADF to respond to natural disasters – how to rebuild our emergency volunteer workforce

The recent rollover of two army trucks carrying Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel responding to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred was unprecedented for a domestic emergency operation.

The Conversation

Cyclone Alfred Update: 13 Injured Following ADF Vehicle Crash In Lismore

13 ADF personnel have been injured due to a crash involving two army vehicles in Lismore, NSW, during flood relief efforts.

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Defence to continue disaster response support: Marles

Australia's military will continue to provide people and equipment to help disaster response, as the alarm is sounded on the impact on the defence force.

AAP

Twelve soldiers remain in Lismore hospital after army trucks rolled in northern NSW

Two personnel in serious condition after accident near city lashed by torrential rain brought by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred

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ADF troops seriously injured in flood deployment

More than a dozen defence force personnel have been injured, six seriously, when their trucks rolled during a deployment to a flood-ravaged region.

The Guardian - AU

Six seriously injured in ADF trucks that crashed near Lismore in northern NSW

One truck rolled several times into a paddock and another tipped onto its side, attempting to avoid the first vehicle, at around 5pm on Saturday

The Guardian - AU

David McBride’s lengthy prison sentence failed to take into account ‘brave and selfless’ motivations, lawyers argue

ACT court of appeal hears McBride thought it was his duty as a soldier and in the ‘best interests of the ADF’ to leak information

AAP

More jets would show Australia is no US free rider: MP

A coalition's pre-poll vow to acquire 28 more F-35A fighter jets for Australia, if it wins the next election, would show it's not a US "free rider", an MP says.

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The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: PM and ADF at odds on China ships timeline; radio host’s Matildas slur; and the TV stars who wanted scenes cut

Anthony Albanese says civilian and military notifications about Chinese live-fire drills came ‘at around the same time’

AAP

Officer stripped of security clearance still in ADF

An army officer is still in the Australian Defence Force after ASIO made an adverse assessment against him, in the belief he was more loyal to Israel.

The Guardian - AU

Dutton accuses Albanese of ‘ducking and weaving’ as PM at odds with ADF timeline of Chinese live-fire drill notification

Opposition leader says Albanese ‘failing to answer basic questions’ as PM claims civilian and military notification happened ‘at around the same time’

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: ADF officer loses security clearance over Israel; far right vote surges in Germany; Telegram fined $1m

Army officer deemed more loyal to Israel than Australia; Germany’s far right surges in exit polls; encrypted messaging app faces huge fine

The Guardian - AU

Australian defence force officer stripped of security clearance over loyalty to Israel

Asio believed the man, anonymised as HWMW, was at risk of being exploited by the Mossad

The National (Scotland)

Inside the US-backed groups waging war on Scotland's abortion buffer zones

ON Wednesday afternoon, Rose Docherty became the first person to be arrested under Scotland’s new abortion buffer zone law.

The National (Scotland)

Scotland 'being targeted by infamous Project 2025 over abortion buffer zones'

US vice-president JD Vance was accused of “dangerous scaremongering” after hitting out at Scotland’s abortion buffer zones laws last week.

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