カテゴリー: Australian foreign policy
In contrast with security deal between China and Solomon Islands, the Australia-PNG agreement will be ‘public and transparent’, prime ministers vowGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia and Papua New Guinea h…
Australian PM to call for ‘a swift conclusion to negotiations’ to treaty and say both countries should ‘work as equals with our fellow Pacific states’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese will seek pr…
Health minister defends country-specific testing as necessary due to ‘absence of comprehensive information’ on Covid’s spread in ChinaFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily…
PM pays tribute to foreign minister Penny Wong for diplomacy that led to freeing of Australian economist after 650 daysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has paid tribute to his foreign minister Pe…
Handover ceremony comes after turbulent year when Pacific country signed controversial security agreement with ChinaAustralia has announced the donation of police vehicles and 60 MK18 rifles to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in a move d…
Economic adviser to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was accused by military leaders of having confidential papersAung San Suu Kyi and the Australian academic Sean Turnell who served as her advisor have been sentenced to three years in prison after a clo…
Manasseh Sogavare calls Australia’s offer ‘an assault on our parliamentary democracy’ after saying his country had to delay elections because of costFollow the day’s news, liveGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastThe prime…
Exclusive: President José Ramos-Horta says his country’s leadership ‘has to make decisions … if necessary a trip to China’Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastTimor-Leste’s president, José Ramos-Horta, has warned his natio…
Many prisoners released under the US-Taliban deal took up arms again and then overran KabulGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastMany of the Taliban freed under the Doha Agreement took up arms, providing a deadly illustrati…
Not far from the imposing, official embassy is a welcoming space in a rented house where Australian and Myanmar flags fly alongside symbols of the resistanceGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastIn Myanmar, a resistance arm…
Global Times quotes comments by foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin on military encounters in the South China SeaChina has accused Australia of provocation in the South China Sea and said Australia – along with the United States and Canada – must “r…
Manasseh Sogavare says relationship with Australia is ‘strong’ despite his recent security pact with BeijingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastAnthony Albanese h…
Absence of Kiribati from the meeting is ‘really devastating’ to the body’s long-term strategy, security expert saysGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastWhen Anthony Albanese touches down in Suva on Wednesday to attend his…
Prime minister says the assassinated former leader of Japan ‘understood instinctively’ the values the two countries sharedGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has paid tribute to Shinzo Abe, saying he was…
Saifuddin Abdullah points to risk of regional arms race but pledges increased trade and cooperation on cybersecurity with AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingMalaysia’s…