David Wroe, Canberra Times

David Wroe

Canberra Times

Canberra, ACT, Australia

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  • Canberra Times
  • Brisbane Times
  • The Age
  • The Sydney Morning Herald
  • WAtoday

Past articles by David:

Missing former ANU student Alek Sigley found alive and well

Australian student Alex Sigley is understood to be safe after being feared detained in North Korea. Alek Sigley with his parents in a photo from his blog. → Read More

Scott Morrison backs Donald Trump in getting tough on Iran

Scott Morrison said the federal government would throw its support behind Donald Trump's effort to force Iran to the negotiating table. → Read More

Intelligence agency could be used for 'offensive cyber' operations in Australia

The ASD could sit within the networks of major power, water and telecommunications companies to help defend them against foreign cyber attacks under proposals being discussed. → Read More

Balancing act: national security collides with freedom of the press

Following raids on News Corp and ABC journalists, there are growing calls for change to the laws governing security and freedom in Australia. → Read More

ANU breach a risk for security officials as China becomes key suspect

The cyber theft has hit students at the college training mid-career security and intelligence officials. → Read More

How will the new government reach the magic number of 39 in the Senate?

The re-elected Morrison governments legislative fortunes may hang on a final undecided Senate seat in Queensland. → Read More

Australians among the victims of Sri Lanka bombings

Manik Suriaaratchi and her 10-year-old daughter, Alexendria, are among nearly 300 killed in Sri Lanka by co-ordinated suicide bomber attacks which ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday. → Read More

Jim Molan goes rogue in NSW bid

Liberal senator and former army officer Jim Molan is touting his military record, which includes running the Iraq war, as part of an audacious bid to circumve... → Read More

Chinese donor had help from Liberal Party director, met Christopher Pyne

The Communist-linked billionaire obtained a meeting with the then immigration minister after paying tens of thousands to Mr Dutton's former Liberal "mate" Santo Santoro. → Read More

PM warned that children in Syria could be 'cubs of the caliphate'

The stakes are high as the Prime Minister works out what to do with children trapped in a war zone because of the actions of their parents. → Read More

What should Australia do with the children of Islamic State?

Hoda Sharrouf, a child of Australia's most infamous terrorist family, wants to come home from the Islamic State. So do many other wives and children of IS. So should the government bring them? → Read More

Australia's right-wing extremist problem: Are we doing enough?

Extremism experts and police insiders say far-right radicals pose a growing threat of violence in Australia and will become a greater focus of authorities in the wake of the Christchurch massacre. → Read More

Coal confusion: China denies any Australian coal 'ban'

The Australian government is searching for answers, but believe it has nothing to do with recent political tension over hacking and the 5G network. → Read More

Is this Scott Morrison's Tampa moment?

An election battle over asylum seekers and border protection is certain. But have Australians' sentiments shifted on this lightning rod issue? → Read More

Magic, murder and the lost boys of Congo's long war

Tricked into fighting, forced to perform brutal rituals, and killed by the thousand in battle. Meet the child soldiers of the world's longest running conflict. → Read More

'Tens of thousands' of Australian firms could be affected by Chinese hack

China's intelligence services have hacked Australia's biggest providers of software services in an extraordinary penetration that the west is now calling out. → Read More

Andrew Broad used taxpayer funds for part of his bombshell Hong Kong 'sugar baby' trip

The Deputy PM claimed he had only known of the matter for “a couple of weeks” but the scandal went to authorities almost six weeks ago. → Read More

How the Huawei princess at the heart of the US-China trade war affects Australia

A Chinese tech heiress is arrested in Canada, at the request of the United States, accused of breaching sanctions against Iran. → Read More

The suffering of sex slaves in the Congo: 'I was one woman to 20 men'

It’s the humanitarian crisis involving women and children that should horrify the world – yet it has gone largely unnoticed. → Read More

Wentworth byelection backlash reignites tensions inside the Morrison government over climate policy

“We are going to have to go to the next election with a clear plan to meet our Paris targets.” → Read More