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Senator uses parliament to accuse Albanese government of knowing David Adeang was ‘seriously corrupt’ yet still signing $2.5bn deportation dealFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news pod…
In newly translated excerpts of a February interview, David Adeang wrongly stated the people Australia has begun deporting to his country are not refugeesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or dai…
From Scott Morrison’s ‘on-water matters’ to the Albanese government’s MOU with Nauru, successive governments’ attitude to legitimate scrutiny has been one of hostilityGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOffshore, secrecy dominate…
Penny Wong says translation notes were ‘taken hastily’ by official who was not accredited translator and were ‘for internal purposes only’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA…
Murray Hunter charged with offence which carries a potential penalty of two years in jail, or a 200,000 baht (AUD$9,500) fineAn Australian academic and journalist faces up to two years in prison after being charged – in Thailand – with defaming the Mal…
We want to hear from people in New Zealand who have or are thinking of leaving Over the past few years, tens of thousands of New Zealanders have left the country, surpassing the last spike in 2012 and raising fears of a “hollowing out” of mid-career wo…
A weak economy is pushing more New Zealanders across the ‘ditch’ in hope of a better life – and higher wagesWhen Hayden Fisher moved to Sydney from Wellington a year ago, the financial gains were immediate.In New Zealand, Fisher was “putting groceries …
US president tells reporters he and Australian PM ‘working on a lot of things together’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfter waiting a long time to meet Donald Trump, Ant…
Defence minister says Xi Jinping should note resolve to stay the course by global democratic alliance, including AustraliaDefeating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is critical to restraining China in the Indo-Pacific, Finland’s defence minister has said, …
US aid cuts hurt Washington’s standing as China recasts itself as a ‘steady’ alternative partner, Lowy Institute report findsAustralia is “increasingly alone” in countering Beijing’s influence in the Pacific and remains the largest foreign aid donor to…
The move is intended to support the supply of minerals to benefit both countries’ commercial and defence industries – and shareholders are already profitingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia and the US have signed a cr…
Melbourne man Zivan Radmanovic, 32, was fatally gunned down in a Bali villa in JuneGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree Australians accused of shooting a Melbourne man in a Bali villa are set to be charged with premeditated …
The Australian government is spending millions of dollars a year to house asylum seekers, yet many say they can not afford food and are forced to skip mealsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or d…
Country moves to deepen policing ties with China as Australia continues negotiations on Nakamal agreement, which was not signed last month as hopedVanuatu remains open to signing a wide-ranging deal with Australia but must assert its sovereignty and wi…
Australian officials demanded answers after the body of Byron Haddow was returned without his heartDNA testing is being carried out on a heart that is claimed to be that of Queensland man Byron Haddow, who died in Bali in May.Haddow, 23, was found dead…