This handout from the Australian Department of Defence taken on July 19, 2023 and released on July 21 shows soldiers from Australia, New Zealand and France conducting a weapon familiarisation training at Townsville Field Training Area in Queensland, in preparation for Exercise Talisman Sabre. Photo: AFP PHOTO / AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE/ CPL NICOLE DORRETT
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton talks about New Zealanders being able to join the Australian Defence Force as part of a solution to retention in the military. Who's eligible?
The Immigration Minister has been cancelling visas in the wake of calls for his resignation over the issues of foreign nationals convicted of crimes and facing deportation - many of them to New Zealand.
And dodgy disability service providers have been forcing people to use their funding to buy illicit drugs and gift cards and hand over the money.
Karen Middleton is political editor of the Guardian Australia
