Australia to launch $2bn fund to ‘turbocharge’ trade with south-east Asia
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Australia paid companies linked to suspected drug and weapons smuggling to run offshore detention, review finds
Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says scathing report shows offshore processing ‘used as a slush fund by suspected criminals’ Follow our Australia news live blog...
Child among asylum seekers returned to country of origin after being sent from Australia to Nauru
Home affairs department confirms eight of the 11 people flown to island nation in September have since returned home Follow our Australia news live blog...
Albanese to echo Whitlam as he prays for a good harvest in Xi talks
The prime minister will visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on Monday morning before a significant meeting with China’s president, Xi Jinping Follow our...
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...
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...
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...
Australia news live updates: RBA hits pause on interest rates but homeowners warned to ‘buckle up’ for further hikes
Central bank leaves official cash rate unchanged at 4.1%. Follow live RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank of Australia leaves official cash rate steady at 4.1%...
