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Lasers, missiles and ‘robot wolves’: The high-tech military equipment China showed off

Lasers, missiles and ‘robot wolves’: The high-tech military equipment China showed off

China’s Victory Day parade demonstrated an astonishing display of military hardware and innovation.

wednesday 8

WA Today

Matthew Knott

Lasers, missiles and ‘robot wolves’: The high-tech military equipment China showed off

Lasers, missiles and ‘robot wolves’: The high-tech military equipment China showed off

China’s Victory Day parade demonstrated an astonishing display of military hardware and innovation.

wednesday 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

Lasers, missiles and ‘robot wolves’: The high-tech military equipment China showed off

Lasers, missiles and ‘robot wolves’: The high-tech military equipment China showed off

China’s Victory Day parade demonstrated an astonishing display of military hardware and innovation.

wednesday 4

The Age

Matthew Knott

Lasers, missiles and ‘robot wolves’: The high-tech military equipment China showed off

Lasers, missiles and ‘robot wolves’: The high-tech military equipment China showed off

China’s Victory Day parade demonstrated an astonishing display of military hardware and innovation.

wednesday 4

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

Hegseth’s undiplomatic treatment of Marles reveals a chaotic, ungenerous ally

Hegseth’s undiplomatic treatment of Marles reveals a chaotic, ungenerous ally

The flap is significant only because it symbolises a deeper truth: the US may be our ally, but it is an increasingly unreliable and capricious one. 

28.08.2025 10

WA Today

Matthew Knott

Hegseth’s undiplomatic treatment of Marles reveals a chaotic, ungenerous ally

Hegseth’s undiplomatic treatment of Marles reveals a chaotic, ungenerous ally

The flap is significant only because it symbolises a deeper truth: the US may be our ally, but it is an increasingly unreliable and capricious one. 

28.08.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

Hegseth’s undiplomatic treatment of Marles reveals a chaotic, ungenerous ally

Hegseth’s undiplomatic treatment of Marles reveals a chaotic, ungenerous ally

The flap is significant only because it symbolises a deeper truth: the US may be our ally, but it is an increasingly unreliable and capricious one. 

28.08.2025 10

The Age

Matthew Knott

Hegseth’s undiplomatic treatment of Marles reveals a chaotic, ungenerous ally

Hegseth’s undiplomatic treatment of Marles reveals a chaotic, ungenerous ally

The flap is significant only because it symbolises a deeper truth: the US may be our ally, but it is an increasingly unreliable and capricious one. 

28.08.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

‘Entirely on form’: Why Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targeted Australia

‘Entirely on form’: Why Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targeted Australia

From the United States to Spain to Thailand, Iran has been targeting perceived enemies and causing chaos around the globe. Now it is Australia’s turn.

27.08.2025 10

WA Today

Matthew Knott

‘Entirely on form’: Why Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targeted Australia

‘Entirely on form’: Why Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targeted Australia

From the United States to Spain to Thailand, Iran has been targeting perceived enemies and causing chaos around the globe. Now it is Australia’s turn.

27.08.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

‘Entirely on form’: Why Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targeted Australia

‘Entirely on form’: Why Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targeted Australia

From the United States to Spain to Thailand, Iran has been targeting perceived enemies and causing chaos around the globe. Now it is Australia’s turn.

27.08.2025 9

The Age

Matthew Knott

‘Entirely on form’: Why Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targeted Australia

‘Entirely on form’: Why Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targeted Australia

From the United States to Spain to Thailand, Iran has been targeting perceived enemies and causing chaos around the globe. Now it is Australia’s turn.

27.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

‘Deputy sheriff’ no more: Why Australia broke from the US on Palestinian recognition

Long derided as the United States’ “deputy sheriff”, Australia is asserting its independence from the Trump administration on a defining issue.

11.08.2025 3

WA Today

Matthew Knott

‘Deputy sheriff’ no more: Why Australia broke from the US on Palestinian recognition

Long derided as the United States’ “deputy sheriff”, Australia is asserting its independence from the Trump administration on a defining issue.

11.08.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

‘Deputy sheriff’ no more: Why Australia broke from the US on Palestinian recognition

Long derided as the United States’ “deputy sheriff”, Australia is asserting its independence from the Trump administration on a defining issue.

11.08.2025 10

The Age

Matthew Knott

‘Deputy sheriff’ no more: Why Australia broke from the US on Palestinian recognition

Long derided as the United States’ “deputy sheriff”, Australia is asserting its independence from the Trump administration on a defining issue.

11.08.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

Trapped in a death spiral, Netanyahu and Hamas commit to endless war

The government of Israel and Hamas are in lockstep in one key way. Two supposed enemies pursuing maximalist goals that keep leading to the same tragic...

08.08.2025 7

WA Today

Matthew Knott

Trapped in a death spiral, Netanyahu and Hamas commit to endless war

The government of Israel and Hamas are in lockstep in one key way. Two supposed enemies pursuing maximalist goals that keep leading to the same tragic...

08.08.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

Trapped in a death spiral, Netanyahu and Hamas commit to endless war

The government of Israel and Hamas are in lockstep in one key way. Two supposed enemies pursuing maximalist goals that keep leading to the same tragic...

08.08.2025 9

The Age

Matthew Knott

Trapped in a death spiral, Netanyahu and Hamas commit to endless war

The government of Israel and Hamas are in lockstep in one key way. Two supposed enemies pursuing maximalist goals that keep leading to the same tragic...

08.08.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

The recognition train has left the station. Will Albanese jump aboard?

Western leaders are vowing to recognise Palestine for different purposes, but some advocates for the cause have come to believe it is a sideshow.

31.07.2025 10

WA Today

Matthew Knott

The recognition train has left the station. Will Albanese jump aboard?

Western leaders are vowing to recognise Palestine for different purposes, but some advocates for the cause have come to believe it is a sideshow.

31.07.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

The recognition train has left the station. Will Albanese jump aboard?

Western leaders are vowing to recognise Palestine for different purposes, but some advocates for the cause have come to believe it is a sideshow.

31.07.2025 10

The Age

Matthew Knott

The recognition train has left the station. Will Albanese jump aboard?

Western leaders are vowing to recognise Palestine for different purposes, but some advocates for the cause have come to believe it is a sideshow.

31.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

Albanese risks becoming a bystander to Trump’s trade whims

Australia has taken comfort in the fact it had the lowest tariff for exports to the United States, but the risk of that changing leaves the Prime...

29.07.2025 9

WA Today

Matthew Knott

Albanese risks becoming a bystander to Trump’s trade whims

Australia has taken comfort in the fact it had the lowest tariff for exports to the United States, but the risk of that changing leaves the Prime...

29.07.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

Albanese risks becoming a bystander to Trump’s trade whims

Australia has taken comfort in the fact it had the lowest tariff for exports to the United States, but the risk of that changing leaves the Prime...

29.07.2025 6

The Age

Matthew Knott

Albanese risks becoming a bystander to Trump’s trade whims

Australia has taken comfort in the fact it had the lowest tariff for exports to the United States, but the risk of that changing leaves the Prime...

29.07.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

Albanese plans to recognise Palestine but the timing is crucial

The prime minister wants to recognise Palestine. The question is one of timing and how to ensure an Australian intervention has the maximum diplomatic...

27.07.2025 8

WA Today

Matthew Knott

Albanese plans to recognise Palestine but the timing is crucial

The prime minister wants to recognise Palestine. The question is one of timing and how to ensure an Australian intervention has the maximum diplomatic...

27.07.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

Albanese plans to recognise Palestine but the timing is crucial

The prime minister wants to recognise Palestine. The question is one of timing and how to ensure an Australian intervention has the maximum diplomatic...

27.07.2025 10

The Age

Matthew Knott

Albanese plans to recognise Palestine but the timing is crucial

The prime minister wants to recognise Palestine. The question is one of timing and how to ensure an Australian intervention has the maximum diplomatic...

27.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

Albanese and Rudd will have to sell very different messages on US beef ban’s end

Donald Trump has been peeved by restrictions on beef exports to Australia, but a change to biosecurity rules is unlikely to prove a tariff game...

24.07.2025 10

WA Today

Matthew Knott

Albanese and Rudd will have to sell very different messages on US beef ban’s end

Donald Trump has been peeved by restrictions on beef exports to Australia, but a change to biosecurity rules is unlikely to prove a tariff game...

24.07.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

Albanese and Rudd will have to sell very different messages on US beef ban’s end

Donald Trump has been peeved by restrictions on beef exports to Australia, but a change to biosecurity rules is unlikely to prove a tariff game...

24.07.2025 10

The Age

Matthew Knott

Albanese and Rudd will have to sell very different messages on US beef ban’s end

Donald Trump has been peeved by restrictions on beef exports to Australia, but a change to biosecurity rules is unlikely to prove a tariff game...

24.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

The Albanese government wants the Gaza war to end now. So do most Israelis

In Israel, the idea the war has gone on for too long is utterly mainstream, as is the idea Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is at least partly to blame.

23.07.2025 7

WA Today

Matthew Knott

The Albanese government wants the Gaza war to end now. So do most Israelis

In Israel, the idea the war has gone on for too long is utterly mainstream, as is the idea Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is at least partly to blame.

23.07.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

The Albanese government wants the Gaza war to end now. So do most Israelis

In Israel, the idea the war has gone on for too long is utterly mainstream, as is the idea Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is at least partly to blame.

23.07.2025 8

The Age

Matthew Knott

The Albanese government wants the Gaza war to end now. So do most Israelis

In Israel, the idea the war has gone on for too long is utterly mainstream, as is the idea Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is at least partly to blame.

23.07.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

Trump is not a king: Tariff ruling a win for US democracy and Albanese

Albanese does not need to grovel or kowtow to Trump when they meet next month.

29.05.2025 5

WA Today

Matthew Knott

Trump is not a king: Tariff ruling a win for US democracy and Albanese

Albanese does not need to grovel or kowtow to Trump when they meet next month.

29.05.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

Trump is not a king: Tariff ruling a win for US democracy and Albanese

Albanese does not need to grovel or kowtow to Trump when they meet next month.

29.05.2025 10

The Age

Matthew Knott

Trump is not a king: Tariff ruling a win for US democracy and Albanese

Albanese does not need to grovel or kowtow to Trump when they meet next month.

29.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

Conscious uncoupling comes to Canberra as the Coalition splits up

It was a political break-up for the ages, laden with all the drama and intrigue of a Hollywood power couple’s sudden split. 

20.05.2025 6

WA Today

Matthew Knott

Conscious uncoupling comes to Canberra as the Coalition splits up

It was a political break-up for the ages, laden with all the drama and intrigue of a Hollywood power couple’s sudden split. 

20.05.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

Conscious uncoupling comes to Canberra as the Coalition splits up

It was a political break-up for the ages, laden with all the drama and intrigue of a Hollywood power couple’s sudden split. 

20.05.2025 4

The Age

Matthew Knott

Conscious uncoupling comes to Canberra as the Coalition splits up

It was a political break-up for the ages, laden with all the drama and intrigue of a Hollywood power couple’s sudden split. 

20.05.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

Trump’s Middle East trip has shown he is not Netanyahu’s patsy

Israel and the United States remain close allies. But the president’s visit to the Middle East has exposed previously subterranean tensions with the...

14.05.2025 4

WA Today

Matthew Knott

Trump’s Middle East trip has shown he is not Netanyahu’s patsy

Israel and the United States remain close allies. But the president’s visit to the Middle East has exposed previously subterranean tensions with the...

14.05.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott