カテゴリー: Australian politics
Foreign affairs minister says the government has grave concerns about repression of protest since ousting of Aung San Suu Kyi Australia has suspended military cooperation with Myanmar and redirected aid to non-government organisations in response to es…
Independent Rex Patrick moves after similar parliamentary motions passed in Canada and the NetherlandsAn Australian senator will seek support from fellow upper house members to recognise China’s treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority as genocide, afte…
Government has not been presented with widely reported $39bn plan for Daru Island in Torres StraitA Chinese-built multibillion-dollar city proposed for the tiny island of Daru in the Torres Strait is not being formally considered by the Papua New Guine…
Canberra is understood to fear that isolating country risks driving junta into China’s embrace Exercise instructor appears to unwittingly capture Myanmar coup in dance videoAustralia is facing growing calls to suspend military cooperation with Myanmar …
A new program will help countries in the Mekong region tackle drug and human trafficking, child sexual exploitation and financial crimesAustralia will ramp up its efforts to help south-east Asian countries fight serious crime, as it seeks to build infl…
モリソン豪首相「中共の要求に屈しない」（吹替版 ） AUSTRALIA…
Dominic Raab says government aiming for early autumn target for first dose rollout; New South Wales records six new casesArrivals in UK could be asked to stay in quarantine hotelsIndia begins world’s biggest Covid vaccination programAustralian Open see…
Economic decoupling from China would be ‘act of national self-sabotage’, Labor and Liberal MPs agree
Tim Watts and Dave Sharma also say Chinese Australian communities are assets and warn against ‘descent into McCarthyism’Australia would be shooting itself in the foot if it tried to untangle itself from economic reliance on China, politicians from both…
Investigation follows revelation of pictures which show soldiers drinking from leg and carrying it on the battlefield Australia’s defence department says an investigation has been launched into photos showing senior special forces soldiers drinking out…
Exclusive: Image obtained by Guardian Australia shows limb being used to down drinks in a special forces bar in AfghanistanSenior Australian special forces soldiers drank beer out of the prosthetic leg of a dead Taliban soldier at an unauthorised bar i…
Fourteen eminent signatories urge Canberra to commit to net-zero emissions by 2050Pacific leaders have condemned Australia’s Paris climate target as “one of the weakest”, urging Canberra to commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and abandon its Ky…
Scott Morrison won’t confirm Iran’s claims three bombers who tried to kill Israeli diplomats have been freed in return for academic Australia has refused to be drawn on whether it was involved in a prisoner swap deal to release academic Kylie Moore-Gil…
Geoff Raby argues the suggestion Australia can turn to other markets is ‘nothing other than wishful thinking’Australia is likely to keep suffering economic harm from “repeated rounds of Chinese economic coercion” and needs to find a way to reset the re…
Beijing now has a more ambitious long-term climate goal than Australia – and there are fears that could have a dire impact on our economyAustralia’s resistance to a mid-century net zero emissions target is likely to become increasingly unsustainable af…
Foreign ministry spokesman defends questioning of Australian journalists Bill Birtles and Mike SmithAustralian news anchor Cheng Lei was arrested in Beijing on national security grounds last month, China’s foreign ministry spokesman has revealed, speak…