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Official development assistance declines to $4bn, boosted by $304m over two years to help region recoverAustralia will increase its aid budget to only the Pacific and Timor-Leste this year as aid and development spending to all other parts of the world…
Read MoreHamilton says ban is ‘retaliation’ after Australia revoked visas of Chinese academics Chen Hong and Li JianjunChina has banned Australian academic Clive Hamilton and researcher Alex Joske from entering the country, with state media dubbing the pair “an…
Read MoreOfficial told Matthew Carney she would be taken to undisclosed location over alleged visa breachAn ABC journalist has broken his silence on how he and his family were intimidated by Chinese authorities in 2018, including a warning that his 14-year-old …
Read MoreThe writer and democracy activist has denied Chinese reports he confessed to espionageAn Australian writer who has been detained by Chinese authorities for more than 19 months has revealed he’s been interrogated more than 300 times and taken to meeting…
Read MoreCanberra downplays the ‘unplanned interactions’ amid ongoing diplomatic tensions between two countriesAustralian warships have encountered China’s navy in the disputed South China Sea at a time of heightened diplomatic tensions between the two countrie…
Read MoreCharges against Bernard Collaery and his retired Asis agent client confirm the government has few regrets about an exploitative exercise against a friendly neighbourIn the first week of January 2019, a private jet landed at Presidente Nicolau Lobato In…
Read MoreStudents advised to conduct a ‘risk assessment’ before going to Australia due to ‘multiple incidents of discrimination’ targeting people of Asian descent China has warned students to reconsider going to Australia to study because of a string of “incide…
Read MoreDeputy 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…
Read MoreDraft resolution to the World Health Assembly calling for impartial evaluation of responses to the pandemic does not mention China, but is backed by 122 countriesAustralia’s foreign minister insists a motion that has won support from more than 120 coun…
Read MoreNSW Nationals MP denounces council vote in Australian city as ‘nothing short of appalling’Follow the Australian coronavirus live blogSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news n…
Read MoreHumanitarian supplies flown in by Australian government can’t be touched for three days due to strict quarantine rules The distribution of urgent cyclone relief supplies brought into Vanuatu by the Australian government has been delayed due to coronavi…
Read MoreConcerns grow over 54-year-old’s interrogation and treatment while held in isolation with no consular or legal accessChina is preparing to formally indict Australian academic Dr Yang Hengjun with espionage, a charge that potentially carries the death p…
Read MoreGarry Ridder, a 78-year-old from Cooma, says he missed out despite the government prioritising the elderly, young and vulnerableA 78-year-old Australian man trapped in Wuhan says he feels like a “throwaway citizen” after being rejected for the governme…
Read MoreAustralian citizens, permanent residents and their immediate family are exempt from the ban, which was due to expire on SaturdayThe Australian government has extended its travel ban on people who have travelled through China by another week, Scott Morr…
Read MoreSome people trying to get out of the coronavirus epicentre are concerned at government’s ‘poor communication’Australians stranded in the Chinese city of Wuhan say they have been frustrated and “kept in the dark” by the government’s poor communication a…
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