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The moral case for the former Manus island detainee becoming a citizen is as simple as ‘asylum is a human right’I wonder if it winds up Peter Dutton to know that Behrouz Boochani, the Kurdish-Iranian journalist, award-winning author and former Manus Is…
Read MoreMarise Payne repeats calls for China to end arbitrary detention after internal documents reveal Xi Jinping’s call to ‘show no mercy’ in XinjiangAustralia’s foreign affairs minister has labelled new details of China’s mass internment of Uighurs “disturb…
Read MoreScott 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…
Read MoreCentre 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…
Read MorePrime minister backs Peter Dutton, saying he cannot ‘in good conscience’ allow family that had settled in Biloela to stayThe prime minister says he cannot “in good conscience” allow a Tamil couple and their Australian-born children facing deportation t…
Read MoreScott Morrison should bring strong climate commitments to next year’s forum to avoid a repeat of this year’s summitLast week at the close of the Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu I described the leaders’ discussions as frank and fierce. It is now well-kn…
Read MorePM Enele Sopoaga responds to Michael McCormack’s belief that Pacific islands will survive climate crisis because they ‘pick our fruit’The prime minister of Tuvalu is considering pulling his country out of Australia’s seasonal worker program, after comm…
Read MoreAnalysts say Kyoto credits being used to back out of promised cuts as Tuvalu’s PM calls Australia’s $500m pledge an immoral ploy to quell debate Australia has been accused of using a loophole to back out of a promised emissions cut nearly eight times g…
Read MoreUS secretary of state dismisses warning by top security analyst, arguing ‘you can sell your soul for a pile of soy beans or you can protect your people’The US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has declared “you can sell your soul for a pile of soy beans, …
Read MoreMike 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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