David Wroe

David Wroe

David Wroe is the defence correspondent for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald in Canberra.

Forced adoptions apology was PM at her finest

Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered the National Apology or Forced Adoption in the Great Hall at Parliament House in Canberra.
in Canberra on Thursday 21 March 2013. Photo: Andrew Meares

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...

Australia to deepen US ties by boosting bases

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

David Wroe THE Defence Minister, Stephen Smith, has flagged in the clearest terms yet that Australia will deepen its long-term involvement in the United States' strategic ''pivot'' to Asia by boosting the role...