- Anthony Albanese, Aukus, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Australian politics, China, Labor party, Pacific islands, Paul Keating, Penny Wong, Richard Marles, Taiwan
Paul Keating sent explosive email to Labor cabinet two hours before attack on Aukus, FOI documents reveal
Exclusive: Former PM directly warned cabinet ministers over China, the Pacific and US hegemony prior to his po…
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Nato planning to open Japan office to deepen Asia-Pacific ties – report
Liaison office plans likely to attract criticism from China which has warned against the western alliance exte…
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Australia and China’s barley deal over tariffs is an 11th-hour off-ramp after years of trade tensions
Latest move fits with Albanese government’s attempts to pursue ‘constructive’ dialogue with China without maki…
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Chinese state company wins contract to redevelop Solomon Islands port, prompting cautious response
Samoa’s prime minister says port ‘might morph into something else’ and suggests Pacific countries may have to …
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Australia’s ‘quiet diplomacy’ approach to human rights in India has failed, advocates say
Human Rights Watch urges the Albanese government to speak directly to India’s PM, Narendra Modi, on human righ…
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China leading US in technology race in all but a few fields, thinktank finds
Year-long study finds China leads in 37 of 44 areas it tracked, with potential for a monopoly in areas such as…
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Australian and Chinese trade ministers meet for first time in three years
Don Farrell will fly to Beijing in the ‘near future’ amid a thawing of diplomatic relations with Australia’s l…
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China raises Australia’s hopes over detained pair and trade disputes amid thaw in relations
Chinese envoy in Canberra largely positive about enhancing ties between countries while stepping up criticism …
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The change in tone at Ardern and Albanese’s meeting could not have been more stark
A lot has changed since the fraught trans-Tasman exchanges of the Morrison government with the two countries n…
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‘Stroke of a pen’: Coalition urged to accept Afghan refugees in addition to existing intake
Immigration minister previously announced places for Afghan nationals within existing visa program in move cri…
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Australia denied access to dual citizen detained for alleged ‘subversion’ in Hong Kong
China does not recognise dual citizenship of Australian-Chinese man held for 11 months under national security…
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Australia’s foreign minister to meet French ambassador in bid to heal submarine rift
Marise Payne says she regrets France’s ‘deep disappointment’, as tension with Indonesia over Aukus deal reveal…
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Tony Abbott tells Taiwan president democracies must ‘stand shoulder to shoulder’ against China
Former prime minister meets Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei and suggests Australia has previously ‘overemphasised foste…
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Australia dismisses China ‘outbursts’ and flags plans for more US military on home soil
Australia’s defence minister says Aukus pact makes region safer and ‘no amount of propaganda can dismiss the f…
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Australia to send 2.5m AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Indonesia as Covid infections soar
Aid package, including 1,000 ventilators, announced after nation records daily high of 31,189 coronavirus case…