Ben Doherty
Foreign Affairs Correspondent at The Guardian
International Affairs, The Guardian. Australia. Fellow @risj_oxford Oxford University. Opinions - hilarious/insightful/otherwise - my own.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Sarah Basford Canales |Ben Doherty
Leon Zwier’s daily routine in Jerusalem this week has been night and day. The Melbourne lawyer visited Israel for a conference days before conflict broke out between Israel and Iran last week, with the longstanding adversaries trading airstrikes. Zwier is due to leave on Friday but with planes grounded across Israel, his chances of returning to Australia as planned appear slim.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Ben Doherty
A Muslim cleric accused of a series of antisemitic slurs during lectures at a Sydney prayer centre must be restrained by law from making similar statements in the future because he has refused to apologise and revels in being “deliberately provocative and inflammatory”, the federal court has been told.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Krishani Dhanji |Ben Doherty
Crossbenchers are calling for a “transparent” inquiry into Aukus, with one independent MP accusing both major parties of “drinking the Kool-Aid”, as the US prepares for its own review into the trilateral defence pact. Several independents have long urged a relook at the deal between Australia, the US and the UK, signed in 2021, that is anticipated to cost Australia up to $368bn.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Ben Doherty |Josh Butler |Tom McIlroy
A chorus of Aukus sceptics, including former prime ministers Paul Keating and Malcolm Turnbull, say a US review represents an “opportunity” for Australia to escape a controversial deal that would cost hundreds of billions of dollars and leave Australia, ultimately, less able to defend itself.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Josh Butler |Ben Doherty
Defence minister Richard Marles has downplayed the Trump administration’s review into the Aukus submarines program, saying it was “natural” that the United States would examine the project but that he believed there was still strong support for the trilateral agreement in Washington DC. The , who enjoyed a close relationship with Donald Trump, said the president was “transactional” and urged the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, to engage more deeply when the pair meet next week.
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