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Qatar national carrier’s request to operate more flights into Australia was blocked in July by the government.

Qatar Airways decision and questions to Richard Marles raise hackles, NSW Liberals jostle for Senate seat and Trump’s gift to UAP’s Ralph Babet

'Newcastle's going to return a 'yes' vote'

A congressional report has proposed America could maintain control over all nuclear submarines under the AUKUS arrangement with Australia.

The deputy prime minister has not shown backbone over AUKUS and keeping Australia safe, Crikey readers say.

Not since ‘axe the tax’ and ‘stop the boats’ have we been blessed with messaging of the same cerebral depth as ‘if you don’t know, vote no’

Two former bureaucrats, including an ex-competition watchdog boss, will lead an independent review of Australian export control laws that will contemplate the need for greater freedoms to share technology overseas. The review – only the second since the laws were introduced in 2012 – comes as a proposal to facilitate…