カテゴリー: Australian politics
Hazara family says 17-year-old, who has been living by himself in Kabul, will be a target for TalibanAn Australian family with a child stranded in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan are desperate to be reunited with the teenager, saying he will be a target…
Scott Morrison says Australian troops would be put at ‘great risk’ if they were to engage in operations beyond Afghanistan’s main airportGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralian forces will not leave Kabul airport to help Austral…
Australians report being hit with weapons and whipped by Taliban militants when they presented their documentsThe road to Kabul airport – crowded, chaotic and punctuated by regular gunfire – has proved impassable to dozens of Australian citizens and vi…
Coalition urged to do more to give people on temporary visas pathways to remain permanentlyAfghanistan – latest updatesEnd of war takes emotional toll on Australian veteransGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe Australian government …
Many former interpreters whose visa applications have been held up by Australian bureaucracy are now trapped by the Taliban advance, as the RAAF mounts a last-minute evacuation effortFollow live updates on the Afghanistan crisisAn Afghan interpreter wh…
A group of 40 graduates of Australian universities, who consider Australia ‘their second home’, fear being murdered by a rampant Taliban for their connection to a liberal democracyA group of 40 Australian-educated Afghan nationals has written to Austra…
After 20 years on the ground, Australian and allied forces have rapidly exited Afghanistan – ending Australia’s longest war. The Taliban has launched a nationwide offensive and violently acquired territory from the Afghan government, leaving local work…
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…
‘We will chop them up’: an Indonesian police chief implicated in alleged human rights abuses against a group of West Papuan activists was trained by Australian Federal PoliceCharles Sraun was chatting with five friends at a house in Merauke, the easter…
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…
Federal LNP MP says government is considering moving other locally engaged employees to safe areas while visa applications are processedAfghans have begun arriving in Australia after being granted a safe haven for their work alongside Australian troops…
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…
Prime ministers meet in Queenstown after Ardern’s government confirms it will join Australian trade dispute with China as third partyThe New Zealand and Australian prime ministers, Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison, have met in Queenstown on Sunday, th…