カテゴリー: Australian politics
The investment was first revealed using freedom of information laws which the Coalition is trying to prevent happening againFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe Future Fund h…
US secretary of state Antony Blinken says Russia’s actions could embolden other countries to pursue military aggressionThe stability of the Indo-Pacific will also be in danger if Russia is allowed to threaten Ukraine with impunity, the US secretary of …
China does not recognise dual citizenship of Australian-Chinese man held for 11 months under national security lawGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesAustralian consular officia…
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…
Taiwan says Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton’s comments reiterated the ‘need to guard against the use of Chinese force’Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingTaiwan has expressed “sincere gratitude” to the Australian prime minister, Scott …
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…
Request prompts renewed criticism from human rights advocates, who say loss of open justices erodes public confidenceGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingLawyers for the attorney general, Michaelia Cash, are arguing behind closed doors …
Marise Payne says she regrets France’s ‘deep disappointment’, as tension with Indonesia over Aukus deal revealedGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralia’s foreign minister will meet with the French ambassador next week in an attem…
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,…
Former Australian prime minister, who has said China is ‘asserting itself aggressively’, will meet Taiwanese president and foreign ministerGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has arrived…
Pacific Islands face greatest economic contraction in four decades, according to a new report from the Lowy InstituteCountries in the Pacific risk a “lost decade” following the Covid pandemic, with the region facing its greatest economic contraction in…
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…
Australia’s defence minister says Aukus pact makes region safer and ‘no amount of propaganda can dismiss the facts’Australia has dismissed “outbursts” from China over its decision to develop nuclear-powered submarines and flagged plans for more US mili…
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…
For some Afghans, the trauma of watching their homeland descend into civil war has been compounded by the fact they might have to go backEven as the Taliban swept across Afghanistan, overrunning cities and ultimately seizing the capital, the Australian…