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Australia’s foreign minister denounces China’s ‘secret’ security deal with Solomon Islands

Marise Payne says other members of the ‘Pacific family’ share concerns but she rejects claims her government ‘dropped the ball’ in the regionGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingGuardian Australia’s full federal election coverageFollow …

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MPs call for Myanmar citizens to get permanent residency in Australia amid crisis

Committee of Liberal, Nationals, Labor and Greens MPs urge government to consider sanctions after hundreds of deaths in MyanmarThe Morrison government faces increased pressure from within its own ranks to expand sanctions against Myanmar’s military lea…

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Economic decoupling from China would be ‘act of national self-sabotage’, Labor and Liberal MPs agree

Tim Watts and Dave Sharma also say Chinese Australian communities are assets and warn against ‘descent into McCarthyism’Australia would be shooting itself in the foot if it tried to untangle itself from economic reliance on China, politicians from both…

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Australia coronavirus news: deputy CMO says no medical reason for state border closures – as it happened

Deputy chief medical officer Paul Kelly says there is no medical justifications for states keeping borders shut and offers to brief premiers. This blog is now closedNo medical reason to keep borders closed, deputy CMO tells statesFollow the global coro…

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Jacinda Ardern promotes coronavirus ‘travel bubble’ between Australia and New Zealand

New Zealand PM will join meeting with Australia’s Scott Morrison and state premiers on Tuesday, as Covid-19 cases dwindle in both countriesFollow the day’s developments in Australia liveSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload t…

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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 trip was ‘still the plan’ Just hours after saying it was “still the plan” to go to India later this month for trade and defence talks, Scott M…

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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’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 call to ‘show no mercy’ in XinjiangAustralia’s foreign affairs minister has labelled new details of China’s mass internment of Uighurs “disturb…

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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 Biloela to stayThe prime minister says he cannot “in good conscience” allow a Tamil couple and their Australian-born children facing deportation t…

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