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Stuart Robert, one of the ministers involved in the notorious Robodebt scheme, can anticipate some sharp criticism when the royal commission’s findings come. Robert won’t be able to avoid the flak, but he has made sure he is out of parliament before it lands.

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers have high expectations for a new trilateral security partnership between the United Kingdom, United States and Australia to significantly boost not only the three allies’ maritime positions in the Indo-Pacific vis-à-vis China but also to accelerate and deepen their collective abilities in next-generation defense technologies.

Something rather important has been overlooked in the first anniversary of the election – Anthony Albanese’s takeover of the Labor Party.

Lawmakers want to ease weapons export controls for Australia and the UK but some suspect the administration is dragging its feet.