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Defence Minister Peter Dutton has been awarded $35,000 after a court ruled he was defamed by a refugee advocate who called him a “rape apologist” on Twitter. Federal Court judge Richard White found the tweet by Shane Bazzi, which was linked to a story …

A Federal Court said it would order gay refugee activist Shane Bazzi to pay $35,000 as damages to Peter Dutton, over a tweet that referred to the minister as a "rape apologist".

Defence Minister Peter Dutton has defended his comments about potential military action in Taiwan, saying critics were ignoring the realities of the region. Mr Dutton previously said it was inconceivable Australia would not follow the US to send troops to support an American military intervention in Taiwan against China.

Peter Dutton has attacked the Labor Party over its national security policy after a war of words exploded between the Defence Minister and Labor’s Penny Wong.

An unflinching Peter Dutton has issued a warning to Beijing that the Morrison government has no interest in meeting their 14 demands. Find out more.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton has won his defamation lawsuit against refugee activist Shane Bazzi over a tweet that labelled the MP a “rape apologist.” Junkee does not allege that Dutton is, or has ever been,

Minister for Defence Peter Dutton has won a defamation case against a refugee advocate who called him a “rape apologist” on Twitter earlier this year. Today the Federal Court found that the statements Shane Bazzi made in the since-removed tweet did contain the imputation that Dutton excuses rape,

Shadow Foreign Minister Penny Wong has once again attacked Defence Minister Peter Dutton for “amping up the talk of war” with China, and accused him of “lying” about Labor’s position.

Labor has accused the defence minister as amping up the threat of conflict in Taiwan for domestic political gain ahead of the next election.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton has urged Australians to get real about China warning there’s “no point putting our head in the sand” over the risk posed by the emerging superpower.