Pacific Islands Forum: China-US rivalry takes centre stage as Solomon Islands deepens ties with Beijing
The US has been racing to reopen embassies and deepen links with Pacific countries in the wake of a Solomons security pact with China Follow...
Category : Australia news
A new chapter: how China sees Albanese’s ‘ice-breaking’ state visit
Chinese state media have previously viewed Australia’s actions as blindly following the US. Does a resumption of dialogue signal a change? Get our morning and...
Australia rules out cancelling Chinese company’s lease over Port of Darwin
Government also presses for removal of imposts on wine ahead of Anthony Albanese’s visit to Beijing next month Follow our Australia news live blog for...
Australia and China suspend WTO wine tariff dispute before Anthony Albanese’s trip to Beijing
Countries agree to halt World Trade Organization dispute pending outcome of China’s ‘expedited review’ of duties imposed on Australian wine in 2020 Follow our Australia...
PNG threatens to send refugees back to Australia unless it keeps funding humanitarian program
Exclusive: Papua New Guinea official accuses Australia of abandoning 70 men but government maintains it has no responsibility for them Get our morning and afternoon...
Travel website Booking.com leaves hoteliers thousands of dollars out of pocket
As the website boasts about increased revenue, some partners say they have not been paid for months Travel website Booking.com has left many hotel operators...
José Ramos-Horta says Australian intelligence agencies ‘know very well’ China deal is of no concern
Timor-Leste’s president alludes to 2004 spying scandal as he brushes off concerns about new strategic partnership with Beijing Follow our Australia news live blog for...
How should UK, US and Australia respond to Canada-India row?
Justin Trudeau’s accusation that India may be behind Sikh separatist killing puts western leaders in awkward position Canada’s accusation on Monday that India may have...
Ken Elliott: kidnapped Australian surgeon says he had scurvy and was close to death during seven years in Africa
The missionary, who was taken by an al-Qaida-linked group in Burkina Faso in 2016, tells how God and meditating on scripture sustained him Follow our...
Nationals accuse Labor of ‘hypocrisy’ over response to scathing APVMA report – as it happened
This blog is now closed ‘Serious and systemic issues’: CEO and board chair resign amid scathing review of pesticides regulator Get our morning and afternoon...
