Penny Wong
- Afghanistan, Australia news, Australian immigration and asylum, Australian politics, Migration, Pakistan, Penny Wong, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
Fleeing Taliban fighters, Ibrahim begs the country he helped – Australia – to save his family
Mohammed Ibrahim Danish spent four years as a translator for aid workers who taught children and trained docto…
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Melbourne residents receive letter offering $200k for information on Hong Kong pro-democracy activist
Exclusive: The anonymous letter contained a photograph of Kevin Yam, a lawyer who has criticised the crackdown…
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Thousands of imports enter Australia from firms blacklisted by US over alleged Uyghur forced labour links
Imports of a range of products, including parts for Sydney Metro vehicles, increase despite US bans on dozens …
- Asia Pacific, Earthquakes, Natural disasters, Pacific islands, Penny Wong, South Pacific, Vanuatu, World news
Rescuers in Vanuatu race to retrieve trapped quake victims as survivors tell of escape
Witnesses recount the moment the earthquake hit in Port Vila, as rescue teams sift through the wreckage after …
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MH370: Australia offers Malaysia support for new search on 10-year anniversary
Australia co-ordinated the largest search to date, which failed to yield answers despite surveying more than 1…
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Government ‘appalled’ by suspended death sentence for Australian academic, Penny Wong says – video
Foreign minister Penny Wong says Australian academic Yang Hengjun has received a suspended death sentence in C…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, Papua New Guinea, Penny Wong, Richard Marles, The Pacific, Timor-Leste, World news
‘The kids had all been tortured’: Indonesian military accused of targeting children in West Papua
Exclusive: Australia is seeking to strengthen ties with Indonesia, despite new reports of brutality by the mil…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Australian politics, China, Hong Kong, Penny Wong
Pro-democracy advocate says Australia should prepare to lay future sanctions against Hong Kong officials
Australian lawyer and China bounty target Kevin Yam still believes it is important to pursue diplomacy with Be…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian economy, Australian foreign policy, Australian politics, Business, China, International trade, Penny Wong, Rural Australia
Australia eyes backdown on wine after China agrees to scrap barley tariffs
The Australian government had agreed to suspend a World Trade Organization barley challenge in exchange for Ch…
- 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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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…
- Asia Pacific, Aukus, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Australian military, China, Penny Wong
Chinese official asks if Australia’s Aukus nuclear submarines intended for ‘sightseeing’
Multiple sources present confirm the remark was made, but it is unclear if it was made sarcasticallyFollow our…
- Aukus, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Australian military, Australian politics, China, Penny Wong
Penny Wong hits back at China’s claim Aukus nuclear submarines will fuel an arms race
Foreign minister set to visit south-east Asia and the Pacific to reassure countries Australia does not seek 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…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, China, International trade, Penny Wong, World news
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…