カテゴリー: Australian politics
Former president says Australia and Timor-Leste should put the bugging scandal behind themThe former Timor-Leste president José Ramos-Horta has urged Australia to show wisdom, honesty and compassion by stopping the unfair prosecution of Witness K and B…
An inquiry into allegations of war crimes committed by a small number of elite troops in Afghanistan is expected to report imminently. Can the regiments survive the fallout?In the heart of the Australian War Memorial hang twin portraits of Ben Roberts-…
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…
Canberra downplays the ‘unplanned interactions’ amid ongoing diplomatic tensions between two countriesAustralian warships have encountered China’s navy in the disputed South China Sea at a time of heightened diplomatic tensions between the two countrie…
Charges against Bernard Collaery and his retired Asis agent client confirm the government has few regrets about an exploitative exercise against a friendly neighbourIn the first week of January 2019, a private jet landed at Presidente Nicolau Lobato In…
Protesters with pro-democracy movement ‘face the dangers of prosecution’, says advocate, as protection visa applications increaseProtesters involved in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement are applying for Australia’s protection in growing numbers, offic…
Australian Strategic Policy Institute stands by claim the attacks were ‘95% or more’ likely to have been launched from ChinaThe US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has said he raised China’s “coercion” of Australia during a frank, six-hour meeting with…
Human rights experts say plight of Karm Gilespie raises concerns over whether the death penalty is being ‘weaponised’ for foreign political gainOn Saturday Chinese officials announced Australian man, Karm Gilespie, had been sentenced to death for attem…
Verdict is political play at time of escalating tension with Australia, former detainees sayThe Australian man Karm Gilespie’s death sentence is diplomatic leverage deliberately created by China, a former investigator who was detained in China for two …
Call comes after China warned students to reconsider going to Australia because of ‘incidents of discrimination’ targeting people of Asian descentAustralian politicians must unite against racism after Chinese-Australians were subjected to “awful and sh…
Students advised to conduct a ‘risk assessment’ before going to Australia due to ‘multiple incidents of discrimination’ targeting people of Asian descent China has warned students to reconsider going to Australia to study because of a string of “incide…
Chau Van Kham’s family has lost contact with him for nearly four months and fear the Australian government has ‘forgotten about him’A 70-year-old Australian democracy activist has “disappeared” inside Vietnam’s prison system: no one from his family or …
Spokesman says PM will attend if invited, after US president cited Australia among possible additions to event line-upScott Morrison has confirmed he has been in talks with the United States about attending the postponed G7 summit, after the US preside…
An 80% tariff on barley means switching to other crops or finding alternative markets. But at least there’s been rainThe timing was exquisite. Just as many Australian farmers had mostly finished sowing, Beijing’s 80% tariff imposed on our second bigges…
Peter Dutton and US secretary of state Mike Pompeo have both warned of risks for Australia. We look at the factsVictoria has come under fire from federal Coalition MPs over its agreement under China’s belt and road initiative, but what does it mean for…