David Wroe
David Wroe is the defence correspondent for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald in Canberra.
Uncertainty over Afghan withdrawal
David Wroe Australia's Tarin Kowt base is set to close by year's end. For Afghan authorities, some confusion remains over the timing and extent of the troop withdrawal.
Goodbye Tarin Kowt
David Wroe Defence Minister Stephen Smith announces that Australia's main base in Afghanistan will close by the end of the year.
1000 troops to return from Afghanistan by end of year
David Wroe Most Australian forces could be out of Afghanistan within nine months after the Gillard government announced it would close down the main base at Tarin Kowt by the end of the year.
Israel owes us an explanation on Zygier: Carr
David Wroe Israel has still not provided Australia with a ''comprehensive accounting'' of the circumstances that led to the arrest, imprisonment and suicide of the Mossad agent Ben Zygier, Foreign Minister Bob...
Passport misuse suspected
David Wroe Revelations that Ben Zygier was carrying out intelligence operations on foreign soil for Israeli security are likely to raise questions as to whether Israel has again misused Australian passports.
Defence's build and forget line cops flak in Senate
David Wroe The Defence Department has admitted it has no idea whether nearly two-thirds of projects built under a $34 million development fund in Afghanistan - including schools and hospitals - are actually...
Amid the madness, Gillard shines with mother apology
David Wroe Tony Wright Julia Gillard's apology on Thursday from the nation to the broken-hearted women whose babies were torn from them at birth - children who were adopted out before there was the chance of a bond...
Forced adoptions apology was PM at her finest
David Wroe, Tony Wright Julia Gillard's speech apologising from the nation to the broken-hearted women whose babies were taken from them at birth, the children who were adopted out before there was the chance of a bond...
Coalition to push new no confidence motion
Bianca Hall, Jonathan Swan and David Wroe Labor will remain a party riven with deep and vicious differences despite Prime Minister Julia Gillard staring down the leadership challenge, the Coalition says.
Abbott heckled during apology
David Wroe Tony Abbott is heckled during his speech at the National Apology for Forced Adoption, apparently for referring to 'birth parents'.
Nation apologises for 'shameful' adoption past
David Wroe Julia Gillard's apology from the nation to the broken-hearted women whose babies were torn from them at birth - children who were adopted out before there was the chance of a bond developing - has...
Testimony of witness branded 'tissue of lies'
David Wroe A key witness in the court martial of a military policeman accused of trying to cover up the apparent beating of an Afghan prisoner was recommended for a psychological evaluation to see if he was fit...
Major accused of covering up beating
David Wroe A senior military policeman tried to cover up the apparent beating of an Afghan man arrested by coalition soldiers by falsifying entries in a logbook, a military court heard yesterday.
Tribunal told prisoner record was falsified
David Wroe A senior military policeman tried to cover up the apparent beating of an Afghan man arrested by coalition soldiers by falsifying entries in a log book, a military court heard on Tuesday.
Media bills may be split after outcry
Daniel Hurst, David Wroe and Lenore Taylor Federal MPs will be given the chance to vote on six media reform bills separately, raising the prospect some measures will be passed.
Oakeshott to oppose ALP's 'own goal'
Lenore Taylor, Jonathan Swan, David Wroe The Gillard government's controversial media reforms are teetering on the brink of defeat after crucial independent Rob Oakeshott told Prime Minister Julia Gillard he would vote against all six bills.
Media reform bills teetering
David Wroe and Lenore Taylor The Gillard government's controversial media reforms are teetering on the brink of defeat.
Closer ties with Myanmar
David Wroe and Tom Allard Australia will boost defence ties with Myanmar, and increase its aid and trade links with the former south-east Asian pariah state.
'Weak policy and poor process': Oakeshott rejects Gillard's media reforms
David Wroe and Lenore Taylor The Gillard Government’s controversial media reforms are teetering on the brink of defeat after crucial Independent Rob Oakeshott told Prime Minister Julia Gillard - in person and in writing - that...
Syrian dilemma - terrorists fight Assad
David Wroe Australia has listed a powerful group within the Syrian opposition as a terrorist organisation in a move that underscores the dangerous deterioration in the Middle Eastern nation.
