Steve Cannane

Kate and the message she wants the PM to hear

Paul Montgomery was brought in by these brothers as a trusted friend to run the financial side of their business but as they made him general manager, he stole millions, was duchessed by gambling company VIPs and lost it all while on a multi-million dollar losing streak.

For the first time, two of the people closest to the negotiations to free Julian Assange have revealed what it took to convince the United States to release the man who had published hundreds of thousands of their most secret documents.

A cross-party delegation of jet-lagged and obstinate Australian parliamentarians arrived in Washington DC last September to advocate for Julian Assange’s freedom. Those in the room reflect on how the “robust”, and at times “aggressive”, meeting went.

Julian Assange’s supporters have described his ongoing incarceration as “punishment by process”, but as his legal bids to avoid extradition to the United States drag on in Britain’s legal system, a political solution could be the answer to ending the years-long saga.

Vladimir Putin has towered over Russian politics for more than two decades — this is how he does it, from barring the strongest opposition leaders to stuffing the ballot boxes.

A former Ukrainian MP urges Australia to provide more support to the country’s war effort, after the efficacy of a deal struck with France last year to provide shells to the country’s military comes under the microscope.

The Australian’s legal avenues to avoid extradition from Britain to the US are running out, but something in London gave his supporters hope this week, and it wasn’t inside the courtroom.

Evgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of jailed Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, has no doubts who was responsible for the death of Alexei Navalny.

Of all Vladimir Putin’s critics, Alexei Navalny was probably the most fearless. It’s one of the reasons he was so dangerous for the Russian president.