投稿者: Paul Karp
In a move that restores reciprocity to rights of expats, about 380,000 New Zealanders living in Australia will no longer have to become permanent residents firstAbout 380,000 New Zealanders will gain the right to apply for Australian citizenship withou…
Health minister defends country-specific testing as necessary due to ‘absence of comprehensive information’ on Covid’s spread in ChinaFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily…
Xiao Qian says Canberra and Beijing have ‘good momentum but we need to keep the momentum’Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastChina’s ambassador to Australia has suggested the leaders of the two countries might meet withou…
Chinese ambassador to Australia says Beijing will use ‘all necessary means’ for Taiwan ‘unification’
Xiao Qian says reset of China-Australia relationship is possible and suggests Washington had turned Canberra against BeijingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastChi…
ACT court closes hearing of appeal by lawyer representing whistleblower due to requirements of National Security Information Act A legal challenge to the secrecy of information involved in the prosecution of a lawyer for representing whistleblower Witn…
Judge sides with health minister, meaning almost 10,000 Australians in India cannot return until ban ends on FridayThe federal court has rejected an urgent bid to overturn the India travel ban, meaning 9,500 Australians stranded there will not be able …
Push comes as foreign and defence ministers to meet US counterparts for talks on expanding military cooperation in waterway amid rising tensions with China The Trump administration is pressing Australia to increase freedom of navigation exercises in th…
Scott Morrison announces mental health boost as he welcomes easing of Covid-19 lockdown in Australian statesSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsCoronavirus A…
As knowledge of the coronavirus evolved, Australia’s response escalated with stricter exclusion measuresThe understanding of the novel coronavirus has evolved, with authorities now conceding that person-to-person transmission has occurred outside Hubei…
Cheng Jingye also says detained Australian writer Yang Hengjun’s rights are being protectedChina’s ambassador to Australia has labelled reports that one million Uighurs are being held in detention “fake news”, seeking to excuse mass incarceration as a …
Marise Payne repeats calls for China to end arbitrary detention after internal documents reveal Xi Jinping’s call to ‘show no mercy’ in XinjiangAustralia’s foreign affairs minister has labelled new details of China’s mass internment of Uighurs “disturb…
Frank Bainimarama wants the two countries to ‘unite behind the science’ of limiting global heating to 1.5CThe Fijian prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, has called on Australia to be “far more ambitious” in reducing greenhouse gases, linking the climate…
The government says money will fund new infrastructure but do climate investments like this work?The Morrison government has committed to spend $500m on climate change and disaster resilience in the Pacific.The announcement – on top of an existing comm…
Embassy accuses MP of having a ‘Cold-War mentality’ after he said rise of China was putting Australia’s sovereignty at risk China has said it “strongly deplores” comments by the Liberal MP Andrew Hastie comparing the west’s attitude to China to France’…
Foreign affairs minister says use of detention camps a concern, and China had blocked attempts to offer consular assistance to dual citizens Australia remains “deeply concerned” about China’s treatment of the Uighur people, including use of forced labo…