投稿者: Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent
Lt Gen Ingo Gerhartz suggests that Europe’s commitment to Australia and other partners in the region needs to be ‘really visible’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGermany’s air force chief has said his country is …
Exclusive: Some legal figures have raised concerns about message his appointment sends in light of Beijing’s crackdown on freedom in Hong KongGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe former Australian high court judg…
Australian PM to call for ‘a swift conclusion to negotiations’ to treaty and say both countries should ‘work as equals with our fellow Pacific states’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese will seek pr…
Foreign minister says in Beijing she will press for detained Australians Cheng Lei and Yang Hengjun ‘to be reunited with their families’Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or dai…
Exclusive: Freedom-of-information investigation reveals error in urgent submission to then minister Marise PayneGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastA file number bungle by an Australian government department caused a fou…
The new government has struck a different tone with Beijing but the same difficult problems – from trade to the Indo-Pacific – remainAfter the end of a two-year diplomatic freeze between China and Australia, the new Albanese government is embarking on …
Foreign affairs minister tells regional leaders ‘we understand we need to work together like never before’ as battle for influence with China intensifiesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingPenny Wong is embarking on her third internati…
Former Labor PM says if China wanted a reset with Australia he ‘could not think of a dumber thing to do’ than the Solomon Islands dealRead our latest election briefing and listen to today’s campaign catchup podcastElection 2022 seat explorer; Pork-o-me…
Manasseh Sogavare says he wasn’t told about Aukus pact until it was public while Scott Morrison accuses counterpart of parroting China’s linesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe prime minister of Solomon Islands has accused the Aus…
Marise Payne says other members of the ‘Pacific family’ share concerns but she rejects claims her government ‘dropped the ball’ in the regionGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingGuardian Australia’s full federal election coverageFollow …
General David Berger raises concerns about Chinese influence while Australia’s Pacific minister asks Solomon Islands ‘to consider not signing agreement’Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingA senior US military general has warned during …
Nominee as US ambassador says there’s a lot more to the Aukus deal than just submarines as she faces US Senate foreign relations committee hearingCaroline Kennedy, the nominee for US ambassador to Australia, has said the Aukus security deal will provid…
Canberra must walk a delicate line when responding to challenges presented by Beijing and Solomons’ security agreementGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesAs China makes progress…
Pacific nation has batted away concerns from Australia, New Zealand and the US, saying its policy is ‘friends to all and enemies to none’Download the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefingSolomon Islands has announced it is pushing ahead wit…
Exclusive: Previously secret papers show charter flight considered ‘high risk’ a month before Kabul fell to TalibanGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe Australian government was warned in mid-July that the worsening security situati…