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Taliban threaten Afghan security guards who work for Australian embassy in Kabul
Guards say their work for Australia has made them and their families targets for retributionThe Taliban have p…
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China and deportations policy likely to overshadow Morrison-Ardern talks
Differences on China and an Australian deportation policy that disproportionately affects New Zealanders may m…
- Afghanistan, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Australian military, Australian politics, Marise Payne, Scott Morrison, South and Central Asia
Afghan security guards plead for help after Australia suddenly closes Kabul embassy
Afghans say they have been abandoned and face retribution from the Taliban once Australian forces leaveAfghan …
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Coalition expects 2m doses of Pfizer Covid vaccine a week by beginning of October
Greg Hunt says travellers returning to Australia may have to undergo two tests before boarding flights home • …
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Solar industry pioneer Govind Kant, 47, the second Australian to die of Covid in India
Trina Solar says its assistant director for Australia died on 16 May at a hospital in DelhiVirgin boss says Au…
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Australia’s federal court rejects urgent bid to overturn India travel ban
Judge sides with health minister, meaning almost 10,000 Australians in India cannot return until ban ends on F…
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‘On their own’: Dfat confirms 173 unaccompanied Australian children stranded in India – video
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has told a Senate hearing on Covid-19 there are 173 una…
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Pressure mounts on Australia to support Covid vaccine intellectual property waiver for developing nations
US now supports bid to allow poorer nations to make cheap copies of vaccines, but Australia is holding out • U…
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UN raises serious human rights concerns over Australia’s India travel ban
‘Nobody’s going to be jailed … at this time,’ deputy PM Michael McCormack saysFollow the Australia news live b…
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Australian defence minister says conflict over Taiwan involving China ‘should not be discounted’
Peter Dutton says Australia is focused on maintaining good relations with Beijing but China has been ‘very cle…
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Interpreters who helped Australian forces in Afghanistan plead for visas to escape ‘extreme threats’
As targeted killings rise ‘exponentially’ across country, Afghans fear they will have no way out if they can’t…
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Leaving Afghanistan: the west has lessons to learn | Letters
As troops prepare to withdraw from the war-torn country, readers reflect on western nations’ involvement and l…
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Thousands of Myanmar citizens in Australia at risk of being deported to violence back home
Labor urges Morrison government to extend the stay of temporary visa holders and expand sanctions against mili…
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Myanmar military a ‘terrorist group’ that should face international court, advisory council says
Experts’ group calls for ‘three cuts’ strategy against junta over deadly crackdowns as Canberra accused of dra…
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Australia and New Zealand welcome sanctions on China over Uighur abuses but impose none of their own
Chinese embassy accuses Canberra of ‘despicable smearing’ of China after Australian foreign minister raises ‘g…