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Exclusive: Former PM directly warned cabinet ministers over China, the Pacific and US hegemony prior to his pointed speech at the National Press ClubGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAt 10.45am on Wednesday 15 Mar…
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…
These are the stories of interpreters, embassy staff, guards and aid workers still trying to get to Australia a year after the fall of KabulGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastAfghan nationals who worked for the Australia…
Foreign minister uses speech in Fiji to declare ‘this is a different Australian government’ that will act responsibly on climate changeFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe ne…
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 …
Labor would not take ‘a backward step’ on China disagreements, Wong says, after foreign minister meets new Chinese ambassadorFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingLabor’s foreign …
Coalition urged to do more to give people on temporary visas pathways to remain permanentlyAfghanistan – latest updatesEnd of war takes emotional toll on Australian veteransGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe Australian government …
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…
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 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…
Call comes after China warned students to reconsider going to Australia because of ‘incidents of discrimination’ targeting people of Asian descentAustralian politicians must unite against racism after Chinese-Australians were subjected to “awful and sh…
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…
Centre 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…