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Israel owes us an explanation for Zygier: Carr
Nick O'Malley 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...
Carr alarmed over chemical weapons claim but all talk is of Gillard
Nick O'Malley When Bob Carr took his seat at the table during the United Nations Security Council Meeting in New York earlier today, it was the first time an Australian Foreign Minister had done so since 1986 - ...
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Obama looks to legacy with key speech
Nick O'Malley Back in the early months of his presidency, when it appeared America's financial system was about to seize and destroy the nation's economy, Barack Obama was told by advisers to shelve his ambitions.
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Mud is already flying in defence policy war
Nick O'Malley BY THE time the President formally introduced Chuck Hagel as his pick for defence secretary on Monday in Washington, the former Republican senator's enemies on the right had been busy for weeks...
Weighing the price of gun freedom
Nick O'Malley It is easy to get lost in the numbers. In Connecticut on Friday, 20 primary schoolchildren and six adults were shot dead by a man with a military-style rifle.
Howard still Abbott's number one fan
Nick O'Malley The former Prime Minister, John Howard, has declared himself to be Tony Abbott's number one fan and endorsed what he sees as the Opposition Leader's return to “sensible centre” on...
US strategists wanted to push firepower limits in Perth plan
Nick O'Malley and Dylan Welch A PROPOSAL to host an entire US carrier battle group of up to 10 warships in Perth was part of an exercise to establish exactly how far the US could ramp up its firepower in the Asia-Pacific, the...
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Perth naval base 'plan' would cost too much: study author
Nick O'Malley A proposal to expand a Perth naval base to host a US aircraft carrier was included in a US study as an example to Congress and the Pentagon how far it would be possible to increase US firepower in...
US eyes Perth naval base
Nick O'Malley, John Garnaut and Dylan Welch The US could base an aircraft carrier and supporting fleet in Perth, under plans to be presented to Congress today.
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US bid for multibillion-dollar nuclear aircraft carrier strike group in Perth
Nick O'Malley A report for the US military contains a recommendation to expand America's defence presence in Australia by massively expanding a base in Perth for a US aircraft carrier and supporting fleet.
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Little comfort for gun victims as wannabe-presidents shoot for goals
Nick O'Malley It is difficult to understand how a country that so truly values its citizens' rights to life can tolerate such a situation.
Gillard slams 'a new low' for Abbott
Michelle Grattan and Nick O'Malley Julia Gillard hits back at Tony Abbott's 'new low in negativity' after the Opposition Leader criticised the government's budget cuts to defence.
Abbott criticises Australian defence cuts in US
Nick O'Malley Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has hit out at Australia's defence cuts before the US's most prominent conservative think tank on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Pro-lifers raise new barriers to abortion
Nick O'Malley This week's setbacks aside, the American pro-life movement has been in fine form of late.
Food - growing the real thing
Nick O'Malley Michael Pollan had his arcadian epiphany in the garden where he tried to murder a woodchuck with a tin of gasoline and a match.
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'This baby is going to be born here or in the car'
Nick O'Malley I had imagined I'd spend the days after the birth of our second child making myself useful. I'd usher family and friends in and out of the hospital, I'd wrangle the bewildered first born.
PM's Afghan funding leaves NATO behind
Nick O'Malley AUSTRALIA'S $300 million commitment to the long-term funding of Afghanistan's defence force is beginning to look generous as far larger key NATO allies leave a Chicago summit having made smaller...
Gillard signs off on millions of dollars of aid for Afghanistan
Nick O'Malley The Prime Minister Julia Gillard has committed to increasing Australia’s aid to Afghanistan by $85 million a year to $250 million by 2015 in an agreement signed with Afghanistan President Hamid...
Washington honours Roxon, global champion in anti-tobacco battle
Nick O'Malley in Washington THE Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon, will be honoured in Washington, DC, tonight for championing what will ''go down as the most important turning point'' in the global fight against tobacco in a...
Obama grateful for service of selfless heroes
Nick O'Malley in Washington THE US President, Barack Obama, has paid tribute to the courage and sacrifice of the soldiers of Australia and New Zealand.
