David Wroe
David Wroe is the defence correspondent for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald in Canberra.
Strategy to win hearts and minds cautiously received
Deborah Snow and David Wroe Defence white papers only come along every few years and Friday's - just the second since 2000 - was pitched carefully to a domestic as well as an international audience.
Murray plan to launch a new wave of brawls
David Wroe, Tom Arup The Gillard government faces a fresh brawl with the eastern states over its Murray-Darling basin plan after yesterday placating South Australia with a $1.
Reduced irrigation key to river quality
David Wroe The ailing Murray-Darling basin could get a bigger than expected injection of water after fresh modelling found the river system would be much better off if irrigation volumes were cut by more than...
Super trawler caught in legal net
David Wroe The controversial Abel Tasman super trawler faces a two-year ban on fishing in Australian waters under planned changes to environmental law that have been hailed by recreational fishers but will cost...
Murray-Darling rescue not out of the water yet, says frustrated minister
David Wroe NSW has warned there are still major hurdles to be overcome before an agreement can be reached to save the ailing Murray-Darling river system, as the clock ticks down on finalising a deal this year.
Undersea kelp beds listed as endangered
David Wroe They are the mighty rainforests of the ocean, towering up to 25 metres from the seabed. And as with many forests on land, the giant kelp jungles in the waters off southeast Australia are threatened...
Pokie reform going ahead, says Wilkie
Andrew Darby, David Wroe THE pokies-reform MP Andrew Wilkie has brushed aside doubts about the government's commitment to tackling problem gambling, insisting that reforms to limit pokie losses will materialise.
Murray-Darling plan 'fails'
David Wroe The South Australian government attacks efforts to rescue the Murray-Darling river system.
