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Ben Doherty

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Ben Doherty is a senior reporter for Guardian Australia, and a former foreign correspondent covering south-east Asia. He has won three Walkley awards for his foreign and immigration reporting. Email: ben.doherty@theguardian.com. Click here for Ben's public key

June 2026

  • Australian foreign affairs minister Penny Wong

    Penny Wong says she believes Israeli soldiers sexually assaulted and abused Australian women after Gaza flotilla

  • An EV charging station in Brisbane.

    OECD says Australia should increase EV and renewable energy take up amid fuel crisis – as it happened

  • Navy officers stand guard aboard Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN-783) after the vessel docked at HMAS Stirling on February 26, 2025 in Rockingham, Australia. The submarine was on a port visit.

    Minister dismisses Labor colleague Ed Husic’s criticism of secondhand Aukus submarines deal as ‘disingenuous’

  • Ben Roberts-Smith.

    Ben Roberts-Smith won’t see full brief of war crime allegations for months – as it happened

May 2026

  • Instead of getting at least one brand new Virginia-class submarine Australia will buy only second-hand models.

    Major Aukus switch to buy only secondhand subs from US means ‘significant’ cost savings, Marles says

  • US Navy officers stand guard aboard Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN-783) in 2025.

    Australia to buy only secondhand nuclear subs from US in major Aukus switch – as it happened

  • Australian defence minister Richard Marles

    New Aukus drone tech to protect critical undersea cables as Marles warns: ‘seabed is a battlefield’

  • Angus Taylor during question time.

    Australian politics live with Krishani Dhanji
    Treasury secretary says ‘no clear evidence’ for CGT reform criticisms – as it happened

  • Australian politics live with Krishani Dhanji
    Labor MP tells Coalition to ‘stop running scare campaigns’ over CGT changes – as it happened

  • Police were outgunned during Bondi beach massacre due to lack of long-arm rifles, royal commission hears

  • Australian politics live with Krishani Dhanji
    Labor MP challenges Marles over Israeli government support – as it happened

  • Jewish Australians report harassment and intimidation after giving evidence at antisemitism royal commission

  • Australian politics live with Krishani Dhanji
    Liberal MP is first to be suspended from lower house in five years – as it happened

  • Bondi beach gunmen shot 11 people within 30 seconds of opening fire, royal commission hears

  • double quotation markSaint Tony wants to slay the dragon – but is blind to the beasts of Australia’s past

    Ben Doherty
  • Tony Abbott to become new Liberal party president in former PM’s return to political frontlines

  • Last Australian women and children linked to IS leave Syrian camp before expected return home – report

  • Eleven Australian Gaza flotilla activists detained by Israel deported to Turkey

  • Australia news live
    One Nation reveals gas policy – as it happened

  • Penny Wong condemns Israeli minister over ‘shocking and unacceptable’ treatment of flotilla activists

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