The nationalist calls by the Labour Party, the Greens and sections of academia and the media for a more “independent” foreign policy are a smokescreen and fraud.

"It would be quite straightforward to not be on the consoles or in the control room" during a recent U.S. submarine torpedo kill, said one analyst.

In everything from a 1980s Australian miniseries to Scarpetta and Big Little Lies, Kidman has proved she is television’s most prolific performer ...