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Australia plans for a ‘less certain’ future in Asia — one where the US may not remain the dominant force
The US talks of Aukus as ‘binding’ the allies for decades to come, but Richard Marles...
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As Solomon Islands’ election looms, China’s influence on the Pacific country draws scrutiny
The security deal with Beijing agreed by PM Manasseh Sogavare is under the spotlight ahead of...
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Australian foreign influence register ‘focused almost exclusively on China with little success’, committee finds
Parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security report says scheme set up in 2018 public register...
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David Shoebridge says Julian Assange ‘may not survive’ trial and extradition – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Coalition warned political point-scoring on Kevin Rudd’s US appointment not in national...
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Paul Keating says The Australian should be ‘contemptuously ignored’ ahead of Wang Yi meeting
Former Labor prime minister hit back at criticism of his plans to meet with China’s visiting...
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Liberal MP urges Australia to follow US in TikTok crackdown, calling app a ‘serious threat’ to national security
Shadow home affairs spokesperson James Paterson labels social media platform a ‘bad faith actor’Follow our Australia...
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Tuvalu prime minister calls on Australia for sovereignty ‘guarantees’ over treaty
Feleti Teo tells the Guardian Tuvaluans fear last year’s treaty may give Australia too much say...
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Chinese foreign minister’s visit to Australia locked in hours after Beijing signals wine tariff lift
Canberra expected to push for removal of remaining trade impediments after Wang Yi arrives next weekFollow...
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‘We need to go again’: Australian who led MH370 search joins calls for fresh effort to find plane
Peter Foley, the program director for search led by Australian Transport Safety Bureau, says any chance...
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Chinese tourism to Australia still in the doldrums after pandemic travel bans
Tourism industry disappointed but hopeful Chinese holidaymakers could return by year’s end – but economists predict...
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Asio cleared of unlawfully luring Daniel Duggan back to Australia, agency chief Mike Burgess says
Exclusive: Duggan’s legal team continues to fight US request for extradition on charges of arms trafficking...
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Vogue China’s Margaret Zhang, youngest person appointed as an editor at magazine group, to step down
Australian Chinese former fashion blogger, whose appointment in 2021 was met with controversy, announces she is...
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Papua New Guinea’s PM to address Australian parliament as Pacific security race with China builds
Anthony Albanese and James Marape to meet on Thursday amid rising domestic pressures on the PNG...
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Australian academic Yang Hengjun given suspended death sentence by Chinese court
Australia’s foreign minister says government is ‘appalled’ by sentence, which could mean life in prisonThe Australian...
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Prominent Australians urge Albanese government to adopt activist middle power role to head off war between US and China
Statement signed by former foreign ministers, a Nobel laureate and academics outlines anxieties about possibility of...
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China lodges protests at Australia’s response to Taiwan’s presidential election
Ambassador says there is ‘no room at all’ for compromise on ‘sensitive’ issue, and offers gloomy...