Joel Fitzgibbon may not have been a Government Minister when he received financial favours from Ms Liu, but he was a Federal MP. As an opposition frontbencher Fitzgibbon MP enjoyed the convention of opposition (shadow) frontbenchers being briefed on the activities of DFAT, on Defence, and had access to trade sensitive Government briefings on trade […]
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Mungo MacCallum: Rudd, Manning Clark, Mata Hari and Greg Sheridan
The Australian media sees a good spy story as only slightly less jeans-creaming than a good leadership story, writes Mungo MacCallum.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Fitzgibbon affair and Cousinsmania
Crikey readers debate the seriousness of Joel Fitzgibbon’s China excursions.
Crossing the Floor with Bernard Keane: Deja vu: another politician kills Kevin’s mojo
With Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon interrupting Kevin Rudd’s time overseas with scandal back home, Bernard Keane reflects on the last time this happened. Clue: it involved an iguana…
Joel Fitzgibbon vs the mysterious men and women of the Australian Defence Force
Deep in the secret bowels of the Defence Department…
Fitzgibbon affair points to bureaucrats out of control
There are a number of issues in play in the revelation that Defence has been spying on its own minister. All bear teasing out, writes Bernard Keane.
The imbroglio over SAS overpayments limps on
Yesterday, Joel Fitzgibbon belatedly got his act together while his performance still had the air of a rabbit caught in headlights, writes Bernard Keane.
Beware of the stinky Norwegian Ludefisk, Mr Combet
Why does Combets believe criticism of the high risk F-35 program is “misguided and unfounded”? asks Eric L Palmer.
RATED RUDE The Press Gallery arrive for the Annual Christmas Drinks at the Lodge
Everyone queued up outside…
Wedgetails: six years late and still not working
Australia needs these Wedgetail EWACs to work as promised, and when promised, which was for 2006, writes Ben Sandilands.
Defence is hush-hush about future fighter jet noise
The Defence community isn’t being honest about the F-35 to the Australian public, writes Eric L Palmer.
What Defence didn’t tell about the Joint Strike Fighter
Aircraft range and payload matter — the greater these are, the better, and the same goes for missiles, writes Peter Goon.
Afghan dog pen demeans us and emboldens the insurgents
Joel Fitzgibbon should apologise for this breach of human rights by Australian soldiers, writes Keysar Trad.
