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Australian officials scrambled to understand allegations before Unrwa funding suspended, documents show
Exclusive: Dfat official said there was ‘precious nothing in the public domain’ on claims against aid...
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China scraps tariffs on Australian wine
Prime minister Anthony Albanese says China’s duties on Australian bottled wine will come to an end...
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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 Cameron says Aukus and Nato must be in ‘best possible shape’ ahead of potential Trump win
UK’s foreign secretary is in Australia alongside defence secretary Grant Shapps for high-level talks with Richard...
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Israel must allow humanitarian relief to reach Gaza, Australia and UK say in new joint statement – as it happened
This blog is now closedAs part of the latest Aukus developments, Australia will send A$4.6bn to...
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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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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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Malaysian PM calls on Albanese to reinstate UNRWA funding to aid ‘besieged civilians’ of Gaza
Difference between the west’s responses to human suffering in Ukraine and Palestine defies reasoning, Anwar Ibrahim...
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Anthony Albanese flatly denies claim Thai PM asked for slowing of fuel efficiency standards
According to Thai government Srettha Thavisin asked for new standards to be gradually implemented to protect...
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Australia to launch $2bn fund to ‘turbocharge’ trade with south-east Asia
Anthony Albanese plans to boost clean energy and infrastructure exports, and increase visas for travellers from...
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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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Australian politician ‘sold out’ to foreign regime after being recruited by spies, Asio boss says
Mike Burgess outlines activities of spy network dubbed ‘the A-team’ in annual threat assessment, without naming...
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Australian PM Anthony Albanese supports vote calling on UK and US to free Julian Assange
Albanese and cabinet ministers among those to back parliamentary motion introduced by independent Andrew WilkieGet our...
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Fiery debate as Labor accused of ‘trying to walk both sides of street’ on Israel-Gaza conflict
Greens say Israel’s actions ‘a slaughter’ and Labor says other parties trying to ‘divide our community’Get...
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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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US military stockpiling supplies in Australia in readiness for any confrontation with China
American war planners used joint Talisman Sabre exercises to position equipment in northern VictoriaFollow our Australia...
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Wong signals Labor wants to resume UN agency funding to ensure ‘fewer children are starving’ in Gaza
Australian foreign minister says UNRWA is only organisation that can provide substantive support to occupied Palestinian...
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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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Australia pauses UN agency funding as staff investigated for suspected role in 7 October attack on Israel
Penny Wong says allegations are deeply concerning as UNRWA investigates several employees accused of taking part...
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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...
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Child attacked by crocodile at Kakadu – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Albanese says Australia will not participate in ICJ case against Israel and...
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Grassroots Labor members urge Australia to back South Africa’s case against Israel at UN court
Rank-and-file members say joining the ICJ case accusing Israel of genocide would send a ‘powerful signal...
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All Australians on Japan Airlines plane that burst into flames confirmed safe
Only eight Australians were on the Japan Airlines flight that crashed in Tokyo rather than the...
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Red Sea crisis: why the Albanese government said no to the United States’ warship request
The reason Anthony Albanese cited for declining sounds very familiar. Almost like the Coalition said the...