投稿者: Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent
Exclusive: Acting ambassador to Australia, Wang Xining, says politicians including Peter Dutton and Tony Abbott are not serving Australia’s interestsDownload the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefingA top Chinese diplomat has likened Austra…
Advocates call for special intake for at-risk groups given surging demand after fall of KabulGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingMore than 100,000 Afghan nationals are seeking humanitarian visas from Australia, officials have revealed,…
Jean-Pierre Thebault was angry about Aukus as he left Australia on Saturday night, saying: ‘It’s like in a couple, you know, when you commit … you don’t run away’Australia ‘regrets’ France’s recall of ambassadorGet our free news app; get our morning em…
Dfat timeline shows Marise Payne received formal advice to shutter embassy five days before meeting with then-president Ashraf GhaniGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingDefence and intelligence chiefs warned the Australian government mu…
Friends rally support from Canberra to Washington to ask Chinese government to show compassion to Lei who is separated from her childrenTwo months before she was detained by Chinese authorities on opaque national security grounds, the Australian journa…
Former prime ministers argue unnecessary attacks on Beijing could harm Chinese Australians and undermine multicultural societyFormer Australian prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd have urged the federal government not to ramp up rhetoric ag…
Rachel Noble said the Chinese government’s actions ‘crossed a line’ as she spoke at an inquiry on proposed cyber lawsAustralia’s top cyber spy says China’s actions in the hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software were akin to propping open the d…
The Australian government says China’s ministry of state security exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange softwareThe Morrison government has joined with the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries to accuse China of malicious cyb…
More than four in 10 Australians think Chinese are coming and analysts say that’s partly due to government’s ‘drums of war’ rhetoricMore than four in 10 Australians are worried China may attack Australia, according to new polling, expressing a level of…
Committee of Liberal, Nationals, Labor and Greens MPs urge government to consider sanctions after hundreds of deaths in MyanmarThe Morrison government faces increased pressure from within its own ranks to expand sanctions against Myanmar’s military lea…
Beijing says the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand made ‘irresponsible’ comments after Queenstown talksBeijing has accused the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand of making “irresponsible” comments, after the pair condemned “destabi…
‘Nobody’s going to be jailed … at this time,’ deputy PM Michael McCormack saysFollow the Australia news live blogCould I have made a difference? What Australia’s Indian doctors are asking themselvesKatharine Murphy: PM lectured the states against snap …
General Angus Campbell says future of China and Taiwan must be resolved peacefullyThe outbreak of a war over Taiwan would be “disastrous” for the region, the chief of the Australian defence force has warned, as he indicated Australia would keep pushing…
Exclusive: special rapporteur Tom Andrews says crimes against humanity are happening ‘before our very eyes’ and calls for urgent action against military juntaA top United Nations expert is in direct talks with the Australian government about how to exp…
Labor urges Morrison government to extend the stay of temporary visa holders and expand sanctions against military figuresThe Morrison government faces fresh calls to allow more than 3,000 Myanmarese citizens to stay in Australia once their visas expir…