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Quad summit cancelled after Joe Biden calls off trip to Australia

Leaders of Japan, India, US and Australia will instead meet on sidelines of the G7 in Hiroshima this weekendGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has confirmed the Sydney Quad meeting will not go ahea…

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Sydney is no place to build a Māori meeting house – it is disrespectful to Aboriginal people | Morgan Godfery

Marae embody deep connections to the land and are a statement of indigeneity – but Māori aren’t indigenous in AustraliaWhen most New Zealanders hear the term “marae” they think of the typical Māori meeting house.The angular facade, decorated in red and…

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Coronavirus live: Amazon investigated in Germany over lockdown price controls; new French cases exceed 3,000 again

Italy closes all discos; Spain takes new measures as infections soar; New Zealand adds 13 infections to total‘Go hard, go early’ – New Zealand goes back to the drawing boardDog gone: Australia’s rescue pet shelters emptied by surge in demand during pan…

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New Zealand volcano disaster: confirmed death toll rises to eight

Two more Australians are named among the dead as the father of one victim questions whether his son was fully informed of the risksTwo more people have died from injuries sustained during the eruption of New Zealand’s White Island volcano, bringing the…

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Liberal party member denies links to Chinese Communist party after Belt and Road controversy

References to Belt and Road initiative appeared on invitations to Chinese-Australian fundraising dinnerA Liberal party member who helped organise a Chinese-Australian business fundraising dinner has denied links to the Chinese Communist party after ref…

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Australia giving ‘serious consideration’ to US request to help it confront Iran

Mike Pompeo hails ‘unbreakable’ relationship between Washington and Canberra as he urges Australia to join coalition to protect shipping in the Gulf Australia’s defence minister Linda Reynolds says the Morrison government is giving “very serious consid…

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