ARTHUR SINODINOS

We don't know yet what happened, but too many people came to the conclusion that something smelt fishy. 

It doesn't look good. 

This column for the Canberra Times worked through the issues . . . 

THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER

Australia's going to buy the F35, and guess what . . . we're going to buy a lot of them. 

Some who read this column mistook this 'fact' for an endorsement. Others thought I was being critical. Perhaps it was a problem with my tone. 

Nevertheless, there one is . . . 

THE BEGINNINGS OF ANZUS

This column is just an amazing fact that hasn't been written about before and deserves a bigger audience.

It's not my research, of course. Distinguished Professor Robert O'Neill discovered how the ANZUS Treaty actually got started. He incorporated the details in a speech he presented to the Airpower Conference this week, where I heard it.

This is the way I reported it in the Canberra Times today . . .