カテゴリー: Australian foreign policy
Some of the workers were refused visas on technicalities such as being contractors rather than direct employees, or not applying in timeGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingDozens of Afghan nationals who worked with Australia in Afghani…
Scott Morrison says Australian troops would be put at ‘great risk’ if they were to engage in operations beyond Afghanistan’s main airportGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralian forces will not leave Kabul airport to help Austral…
Australians report being hit with weapons and whipped by Taliban militants when they presented their documentsThe road to Kabul airport – crowded, chaotic and punctuated by regular gunfire – has proved impassable to dozens of Australian citizens and vi…
Many former interpreters whose visa applications have been held up by Australian bureaucracy are now trapped by the Taliban advance, as the RAAF mounts a last-minute evacuation effortFollow live updates on the Afghanistan crisisAn Afghan interpreter wh…
Stuart McCarthy accuses Coalition of abandoning Afghans who worked with ADF, saying dozens have already been killed by TalibanA retired army major who served in Afghanistan has burnt his service medal in disgust, saying dozens of civilians who worked w…
Former AusAid adviser who was target of suicide bomb says Australia must evacuate his colleaguesA former Australian foreign affairs staffer who was the target of a suicide bombing in Afghanistan after receiving Taliban “night letters” is pleading for t…
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…
Guards say their work for Australia has made them and their families targets for retributionThe Taliban have publicly threatened Afghan security guards who have worked for the soon-to-be-shut Australian embassy, circulating pictures of them online and …
In a letter dictated from detention the democracy activist has urged a friend ‘don’t worry about me’Yang Hengjun, the Australian democracy activist who goes on trial for espionage in China on Thursday, says he is unafraid of the “suffering and torture”…
Afghans say they have been abandoned and face retribution from the Taliban once Australian forces leaveAfghan security guards who have been working at Australia’s embassy in Kabul say they feel abandoned after the sudden announcement of the embassy’s c…
US now supports bid to allow poorer nations to make cheap copies of vaccines, but Australia is holding out • US declares support for patent waiver on Covid-19 vaccinesPressure is mounting on Australia to support the waiver of intellectual property prot…
Labor urges Morrison government to extend the stay of temporary visa holders and expand sanctions against military figuresThe Morrison government faces fresh calls to allow more than 3,000 Myanmarese citizens to stay in Australia once their visas expir…
Economic adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi accused with deposed leader of breaching official secrets lawsThe Australian government is calling for Myanmar’s military regime to release an Australian man who worked as an economic adviser to the deposed leader A…
Former Australian PM says world ‘radically underestimating’ how quickly junta violence could deteriorate to tens of thousands of deaths and a refugee crisisThe world is “radically underestimating” how badly the situation in Myanmar could deteriorate, w…
Marise Payne says she is considering further sanctions but advocates say it is time for action not words The Australian government is considering expanding sanctions against military figures in Myanmar, as it faces calls from Sydney Peace Prize laureat…