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Retired baker Chau Van Kham, 70, to appear in Ho Chi Minh City court after more than 10 months in detentionAllegations of terrorism made against a 70-year-old Australian man in Vietnam are “absolutely false and groundless”, his wife says, pleading with…
Scott Morrison says 15-country Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership would be ‘bigger and better’ with India in itAustralia will sign on to a major free-trade deal involving 15 countries from the Asia-Pacific region, albeit one diminished by Indi…
National security adviser Robert O’Brien says Beijing has bullied smaller nations by militarising resource-rich watersThe US has condemned Chinese “intimidation” in the South China Sea, alleging it has bullied smaller south-east Asian nations by milita…
Exclusive: Democracy advocate suffers from serious health conditions and is only allowed one shower a weekDetained Australian writer Dr Yang Hengjun has insisted he is innocent of the espionage allegations made against him and told Chinese authorities …
Australian Channel Nine crew held at a hotel with officials stationed outside their rooms after being denied a filming permitA Channel Nine reporter and a crew from 60 Minutes have been detained in a hotel on the Pacific island archipelago of Kiribati …
Beijing should substantially reform its lending practices, Lowy Institute saysChina has not engaged in deliberate “debt-trap diplomacy” in the Pacific, but the burgeoning scale of China’s lending, and institutional weakness within Pacific states, pose …
Senate inquiry told Australia should also drop prosecution of Witness K and Bernard CollaeryAustralia’s negotiations with Timor-Leste should be the subject of a royal commission, and the government should return $5bn unfairly taken from the impoverishe…
Leila Jeffreys’ ethereal images required 300 budgies, 20kg of birdseed and painting the birds’ toenails – Growing up in India to an Indian mother and Anglo-Australian father, the artist Leila Jeffreys found herself drawn to the myriad rainbow-coloured …
The deadly virus wreaking havoc in Asia has been detected in Timor-Leste, just 680km north of DarwinOne month ago a particularly virulent strain of African swine fever – which has been wreaking havoc in Asia since it was detected in China last year and…
The asylum seeker family being held on Christmas Island will not be able to be deported to Sri Lanka until court application is heardTwo Tamil asylum seekers and their Australian-born daughters will stay in Australia for at least one more day as their …
Almost 12% of firm’s shares are held by Curaçao-registered entity linked to Kathmandu founder Jan Cameron More than $176m will find its way to a mysterious entity in the Caribbean tax haven Curaçao linked to Kathmandu founder Jan Cameron if a proposed …
Australia refuses to rule out handing over Sydney lawyer who advocates for West Papuans to Indonesia
Dfat says Interpol red notice for arrest of Veronica Koman is a matter for Australian federal policeThe Australian government has refused to rule out handing over a Sydney-based lawyer who advocates for West Papuans to Indonesian authorities.Veronica K…
Frank Bainimarama wants the two countries to ‘unite behind the science’ of limiting global heating to 1.5CThe Fijian prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, has called on Australia to be “far more ambitious” in reducing greenhouse gases, linking the climate…
Australia’s funding cuts force hundreds of homeless refugees to plead to be taken into immigration detentionOnce a military command post, the two-storey lime green building in Kalideres, West Jakarta, is now essentially a refugee camp.More than 400 ref…
Centre Alliance’s Rex Patrick wants to overturn the decisions that limit Australia’s exposure to international courtsThe crossbench senator Rex Patrick will push to fix a historic wrong stemming from the “shameful” treatment of Timor-Leste during oil a…