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Scott Morrison ‘inclined’ to cancel India trip as bushfire crisis continues
Prime minister reverses position on visit where coal was expected to feature heavily, just hours after saying …
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New Zealand would be honoured to take Behrouz Boochani. Australia be damned | Morgan Godfery
The moral case for the former Manus island detainee becoming a citizen is as simple as ‘asylum is a human righ…
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Australia’s foreign minister labels China’s treatment of Uighurs ‘disturbing’
Marise Payne repeats calls for China to end arbitrary detention after internal documents reveal Xi Jinping’s c…
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Australia to join major Asia-Pacific trade deal RCEP but India holds out
Scott Morrison says 15-country Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership would be ‘bigger and better’ with I…
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Crossbench senator pushes to fix ‘shameful’ historic wrong against Timor-Leste
Centre Alliance’s Rex Patrick wants to overturn the decisions that limit Australia’s exposure to international…
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Scott Morrison refuses to intervene for Tamil family facing deportation to Sri Lanka
Prime minister backs Peter Dutton, saying he cannot ‘in good conscience’ allow family that had settled in Bilo…
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Vanuatu will host the next Pacific Islands Forum. We want to know if Australia really wants a seat at the table | Ralph Regenvanu
Scott Morrison should bring strong climate commitments to next year’s forum to avoid a repeat of this year’s s…
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Tuvalu threatens to exit Australia’s seasonal worker program after deputy PM’s comments
PM Enele Sopoaga responds to Michael McCormack’s belief that Pacific islands will survive climate crisis becau…
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Australia’s Kyoto loophole eight times larger than entire Pacific emissions
Analysts say Kyoto credits being used to back out of promised cuts as Tuvalu’s PM calls Australia’s $500m pled…
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Mike Pompeo urges Australia to stand up for itself over trade with China
US secretary of state dismisses warning by top security analyst, arguing ‘you can sell your soul for a pile of…
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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 coa…