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Who wants to work for Defence anyway? What you missed on estimates day three

Convictions, internal investigations and strange contracts were uncovered.

The Canberra Times

'It has touched us all': report into ADF suicides looms

After years of testimony, the chair of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has shared what he hopes will happen once the final report is out.

AAP

As Foreign Interference Takes Hold, Ottawa Looks Away

According to a recent report, several authoritarian regimes are controlling Canadians from afar

The Walrus

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Canada’s Prime Ministers: More like Monarchs than You Think

The key to fixing our democracy? Dismantle an electoral system that panders to the culture of celebrity

The Walrus

Boat-loving admiral becomes new defence chief

Vice Admiral David Johnston has become the new chief of the Australian Defence Force as the nation works to boost its naval and firepower.

AAP

Children’s minister admits he does not know how much child benefit is

‘I should have found out before I came on here’, David Johnston says in latest Tory gaffe of campaign

The Independent UK

'Back to the classroom' for children minister David Johnston for not knowing child allowance figure

He struggled to answer a question over child allowance rates in media interviews to promote Tory plans to extend the child benefit system

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BBC election debate: Penny Mordaunt says Sunak’s D-day snub was ‘very wrong’ in seven-party clash – as it happened

Mordaunt, for the Tories, faced Labour’s Angela Rayner, Reform’s Nigel Farage and candidates from Lib Dems, SNP, Greens and Plaid Cymru

The Guardian - UK

Tories defend accepting cash from donor days after 'racist' comments about Diane Abbott emerged

The Conservatives on Friday defended accepting a further donation from businessman Frank Hester two days after it emerged that he had made “racist and wrong” comments about Diane Abbott.

Evening Standard

Blow to UAW as Mercedes workers in Alabama vote against unionization

Workers in Tuscaloosa vote against bid to unionize, as UAW president Shawn Fain hails impact of campaign despite defeat

The Guardian - US

Auto workers in Alabama are voting on joining a union. Here's what you need to know

Workers at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama start voting this week on whether to join the United Auto Workers union. Last month, Volkswagen workers in Tennessee voted overwhelmingly to unionize.

WEKU

Who is Vice Admiral David Johnston, the new ADF chief?

A Navy veteran since the age of 16, Johnston is seen as a capable but cautious commander whose experience training submarine crews will be an asset in the context of the AUKUS pact.

Crikey

Ex-Navy man takes the helm in defence force shake-up

Australia's next chief of the defence force will be the first from the Navy in more than two decades, as the military prepares for the AUKUS alliance.

AAP

India and Pakistan tried to meddle in Canada elections, spy agency says

CSIS intelligence report suggests growing number of countries targeting country’s large diaspora populations

The Guardian - US

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The Independent UK

Retail group pulls back on claim organized retail crime accounts for nearly half of inventory loss

The National Retail Federation has revised a report released in April that pulls back the claim that organized retail crime accounts for nearly half of overall industry shrink, which measures overall loss in inventory, including theft

The Guardian - UK

Can the minister for children deliver the government’s flagship early years scheme?

Following the announcement of a £400m funding package, David Johnston conducts a charm offensive over its delivery

WEKU

Videos of 'flash mob' thefts are everywhere, but are the incidents increasing?

Retailers are implementing new strategies to thwart thieves, such as locking up merchandise and limiting the number of customers. Companies say thefts are on the rise across the U.S.

Al Jazeera

Canada opens inquiry into allegations of election meddling by China, Russia

Canadian government tasks a judge with leading a public inquiry long sought by conservative lawmakers.

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The Guardian - US

Canada: leading judge to steer public inquiry into foreign interference

Marie-Josée Hogue to investigate claims of election meddling by China and other countries, in process marred by months of feuding

Al Jazeera

Canadian appointee investigating China election claims steps down

Former Governor General David Johnston says the atmosphere has become too partisan to continue his work.

The Guardian - US

Canadian official investigating Chinese election ‘meddling’ resigns abruptly

David Johnston blames resignation on ‘highly partisan atmosphere’ surrounding his investigation in China’s alleged election interference

The Independent UK

Ex-governor general examining allegations of Chinese meddling in Canada steps down

A Canadian government appointee looking into allegations of Chinese interference in Canada is stepping down from his role, citing the highly partisan atmosphere around his work

AFP

Canada probe into China election meddling ruled out

Ottawa (AFP) - China sought to interfere in Canada's last two elections but failed to sway the outcomes, a top official reviewing allegations of vote meddling said Tuesday.

The Guardian - US

Canadian special rapporteur rules out inquiry into Chinese interference claims

David Johnston warns that subversive efforts represent ‘increasing threat’ to democracy but public inquiry would be the wrong choice

The Independent UK

Canadian appointee rejects probe into China election interference; opposition blasts decision

A Canadian government appointee has rejected holding a public inquiry into leaked intelligence that China interfered in Canada’s federal elections, drawing allegations of a cover-up from the Conservative opposition

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