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Calls for clarity in Pacific funding as Australia slips towards bottom of global aid transparency rankings

There are calls for urgent action after Australia dropped to 41 out of 50 countries and organisations in the Aid Transparency Index, revealing a "worrying trend" that has the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade close to hitting the bottom of the list, alongside Saudi Arabia and China.

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DFAT set to cut graduate program length in half

The highly sought-after Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade graduate program is set to shorten in length next year.

The Canberra Times

Penny Wong raises Chau Van Kham case with Vietnamese President after UN finding he was 'forcibly disappeared'

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has found Australian citizen Chau Van Kham was "forcibly disappeared" and his trial was too short, adding he should be released immediately and unconditionally.

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Tahnee Shanks's family hire private investigator, Mexico authorities unhelpful after disappearance

Australian mother Tahnee Shanks is one in 100,000 people who have gone missing in Mexico in the past two years. Now, her family have hired a private investigator to get answers.

ABC News

‘Considerable strain’: how Australian officials saw the China rift

Officials kept in ‘regular contact’ with Chinese embassy even as Morrison government ministers frozen out, FoI documents shows

The Guardian - AU

Dfat head Kathryn Campbell set to be replaced as Albanese reshapes public service

Australia’s ambassador to Japan, Jan Adams, tipped to replace Campbell, who presided over the robodebt scheme while human services boss

The Guardian - AU

Bureaucratic shake-up likely to see Jan Adams replace Kathryn Campbell as Foreign Affairs and Trade boss

Bureaucrats in Canberra are expecting a shake-up of top jobs, with the head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade expected to be replaced due to her role in the robodebt scandal.

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A 23Y.O Aussie Was Strip Cavity Searched And Detained All Because Of A Rogue US Travel Rule

Truly cooked stuff.

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What’s at stake as Australia’s Albanese visits Indonesia?

Indonesia-Australia relationship in spotlight as newly elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits Jakarta.

Al Jazeera

FYI: There Are Huge Delays With Passport Processing So If Yours Is Expiring, Renew It ASAP

Some customers had to wait over 90 days to get their passport back.

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Family of Australian man killed in Ukraine proud of his 'dangerous' work helping women and children

The sister of Michael O'Neill, who died last week while providing assistance in Ukraine, says his family is very proud of him, with a Tasmanian junior football club playing a game in his honour on Sunday.

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Anthony Albanese Confirmed An Aussie Man Has Been Tragically Killed In The Conflict In Ukraine

The man was a humanitarian aid worker.

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Australian man Michael O'Neill killed in Ukraine conflict

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expresses his condolences to the family of 48-year-old Michael O'Neill, who has been killed in Ukraine while believed to be helping the country with humanitarian aid.

ABC News

Scott Morrison softened his defiant language on climate change action amid UK trade deal

Documents indicate PM’s changes to foreign policy speech coincided with environment agreement in trade talks

The Guardian - AU

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The Conversation

'Where have all you Australians gone?' Australia's shrinking role in cultural diplomacy

Almost all governments today support some funding towards promoting their international political and economic agendas through cultural activities overseas: commonly referred to as part of “cultural diplomacy” or “soft power”.

ABC News

Australians leave expat life in Shanghai due to harsh COVID lockdown measures

Vivian and her family have left their expatriate life in Shanghai, where millions of people have been in strict lockdowns due to COVID-19. She says she is lucky to be able to escape, but many are still struggling to leave.

ABC News

Travel warning and DFAT discussions as Australia's cricket team prepares for tour to strife-torn Sri Lanka

Australia's cricketers have been briefed about the escalating political tension in Sri Lanka, as the team prepares for the men's team tour of the country next month.

ABC News

Penny Wong says annual aid to Solomon Islands is 28 per cent lower on average under the Coalition than it was under Labor. Is she correct?

Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong says the Coalition has spent 28 per cent less on development assistance to the Solomon Islands than Labor did when last in government. Is that correct?

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Passport delays and lack of flights for Aussies planning a European summer

Australians planning a summer in Europe are being warned of price hikes for limited flights and longer wait times for passport processing.

ABC News

Children undergo surgery after car crash in India that claimed the lives of parents

Two Adelaide children who survived a deadly car crash in India are said to be recovering well from surgery — but a family friend says they have not yet been told of the loss of their parents.

ABC News

Australians stuck in Shanghai's COVID lockdown beg consular officials to help them flee

Some Australians caught up in Shanghai's extreme five-week lockdown say the Australian government has done little to help its citizens in distress, and they're pleading with Canberra to arrange charter flights to get them home.

ABC News

Wife of Australian man jailed and believed tortured in Iraq criticises federal government's response

The wife of an Australian man suspected of being tortured in an Iraqi jail dismisses assurances from the Foreign Minister that her husband has not been forgotten by the federal government.

AAP

Australia yet to eye Sino-Solomon pact

Australia doesn't have any more information about the Sino-Solomons pact after its "initialling" last week, the government's top foreign affairs official says.

ABC News

Shanghai residents face food shortages as lockdown extended due to rising COVID-19 cases

The Chinese megacity where 26 million people are in an extended lockdown is facing a food supply shortage and residents' frustration is growing.

The Conversation

Do you toss biodegradable plastic in the compost bin? Here’s why it might not break down

Over one-fifth of all plastic produced worldwide is tossed into uncontrolled dumpsites, burned in open pits or leaked into the environment. In Australia, 1.1 million tonnes of plastic is placed in the market, yet just 16% (179,000 tonnes) is recovered.

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