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Scott Morrison denied one-on-one with Joe Biden as Boris Johnson joins meeting
Labor’s Penny Wong says it’s disappointing the Australian prime minister did not secure a private meeting with…
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Australia and New Zealand welcome sanctions on China over Uighur abuses but impose none of their own
Chinese embassy accuses Canberra of ‘despicable smearing’ of China after Australian foreign minister raises ‘g…
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Australian senator calls to recognise China’s treatment of Uighurs as genocide
Independent Rex Patrick moves after similar parliamentary motions passed in Canada and the NetherlandsAn Austr…
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Australian journalist Cheng Lei formally arrested in China after six months’ detention
Calls renewed for humane treatment of news anchor after arrest ‘on suspicion of illegally supplying state secr…
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Australia to help south-east Asia combat crime as China deepens influence in region
A new program will help countries in the Mekong region tackle drug and human trafficking, child sexual exploit…
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Australian military to continue patrolling South China Sea as China warns Taiwan independence ‘means war’
Australia ‘monitoring developments’ as Taiwan reports an increase in Chinese aircraft in its defence zone Aust…
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Australia says China should allow in WHO Covid investigators ‘without delay’
Foreign minister Marise Payne issues mild statement, but opposition parties attack China’s ‘unacceptable’ acti…
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Australia insists WHO inquiry into Covid origin must be robust, despite China tensions
Australia, whose early call for inquiry sparked furious Chinese response, says it expects ‘robust, independent…
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Economic decoupling from China would be ‘act of national self-sabotage’, Labor and Liberal MPs agree
Tim Watts and Dave Sharma also say Chinese Australian communities are assets and warn against ‘descent into Mc…
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Australian exporters urge Morrison government to take China to world trade umpire
Additional sanctions are rumours, Simon Birmingham says, but the China Daily warns of further economic pain if…
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Australian exporters scramble as fears of more China trade bans grow
Australian wine exporters have reportedly suspended shipments amid fears officials in Beijing are about to bar…
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Australia’s economic dependency on China ‘will not change’, says former ambassador to Beijing
Geoff Raby argues the suggestion Australia can turn to other markets is ‘nothing other than wishful thinking’A…
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Chinese authorities threatened to detain ABC journalist’s 14-year-old daughter
Official told Matthew Carney she would be taken to undisclosed location over alleged visa breachAn ABC journal…
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How an Australian cybersecurity firm helped decipher Zhenhua Data leak
Canberra company recovered vast trove of information from corrupted China filesWhen a group of international m…
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Australia to step up South China Sea defence cooperation with US – but won’t commit to patrols
Allies release joint statement of ‘deep concern’ over China’s actions in Hong Kong and repression of Uighurs a…