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Australia taking 'safe' approach on Israeli goods ban

Australia will not place broad bans on products from illegal West Bank settlements, the foreign minister says, in a move an expert deemed contextually safe.

AAP · Sep 9

Eight days that triggered a dark Australian legacy

Political masterstroke to some, cruel and illegal to others, the 2001 Tampa affair triggered a costly legacy of offshore processing.

AAP · Aug 28

Penny Wong condemns Israeli minister over ‘shocking and unacceptable’ treatment of flotilla activists

Foreign affairs minister joins condemnation of Itamar Ben-Gvir after Israeli national security minister shares video mocking detainees

The Guardian - AU · May 20

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Some Ben Roberts-Smith allegations were heard in his defamation trial. How would a criminal case be different?

Media outlets defended their reporting as true on the balance of probabilities, but prosecutors in criminal cases need to meet a higher burden of proof

The Guardian - AU · Apr 8

Labor group urges Albanese to rescind invitation to Israeli president Isaac Herzog

Friends of Palestine criticise decision to invite Israel’s head of state to Australia in a sign of further strain within Labor movement

The Guardian - AU · Jan 7

Australia’s $20m ‘iron fist’ deal with Israel’s largest arms company signed two weeks before UN genocide finding

Experts criticise federal government’s contract with Elbit Systems as ‘troubling acceptance’ of Israel’s conduct in Gaza

The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2025

Multimillion-dollar UN bid worth the cost: minister

Australia has "overwhelming support" for a seat on the United Nations Security Council as a senior minister dismisses criticism of the potential cost of a bid.

AAP · Sep 25, 2025

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What parts does Australia supply for the F-35s striking Gaza – and should shipments be halted?

The Greens have urged Labor to stop supplying F-35 parts to a global supply chain accessed by Israel – while the government has criticised ‘misinformation’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 14, 2025

'World cannot wait': Australia to recognise Palestine

Australia will follow allies in formally recognising Palestinian statehood amid mounting pressure to take action on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

AAP · Aug 10, 2025

An international law expert says US strikes on Iran were illegal. Here’s why

ANALYSIS: Donald Rothwell says, under the UN Charter, there are just two ways in which a state can lawfully use force against another state

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2025

Albanese says ‘we follow our own path’ after UK, France and Canada threaten Israel with sanctions over Gaza

Labor MP Ed Husic and former Labor foreign ministers Gareth Evans and Bob Carr reiterate support for targeted sanctions

The Guardian - AU · May 28, 2025

Could Trump really fire Australian ambassador Kevin Rudd – and how big a deal would that be?

When one of Trump’s inner circle reposted Rudd’s congratulations with a gif of an hourglass, it could have been more than just empty bravado

The Guardian - AU · Nov 13, 2024

Abandoning Bass Strait oil and gas structures would breach international law, expert warns

Australia must insist on full removal when ExxonMobil decommissions offshore project, Wilderness Society says

The Guardian - AU · Oct 28, 2024

Careful of AUKUS withdrawal terms, expert advises

Potential US withdrawal from AUKUS would be significant.

The Canberra Times · Oct 16, 2024

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 18, 2024

Australia must curb imports from occupied Palestinian territories due to ICJ ruling, UN legal expert says

Australia weighs how to vote in UN general assembly resolution following international court of justice’s advice

The Conversation · Aug 22, 2024

Gaza update: US politics and the fate of Palestinians increasingly bound up together

It would be a brave – or foolhardy – analyst who presumes to predict the outcomes of the talks which continue in Doha. But the fate of Gaza and its 2 million inhabitants as well as the 109 remaining Israeli hostages being held in Gaza, will depend on a political…

The Guardian - AU · Aug 12, 2024

Australia indemnifies US and UK ‘against any liability’ from nuclear submarine risks

New text reveals any party can terminate their collaboration on nuclear-powered boats with just one year’s notice

The Guardian - AU · Jun 18, 2024

Australian Border Force questions three people suspected of travelling to join Israeli army

Exclusive: Government warns Australians seeking to serve with armed forces of a foreign country to ‘ensure their conduct does not constitute a criminal offence’

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The Guardian - AU · May 26, 2024

Peter Dutton wrong to claim Australia was consulted on ICC pursuit of Israeli leaders, Labor says

Not court’s practice to consult all states before making application for arrest warrants, Dfat says

The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2024

The ICC will consider arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders. How has Australia responded?

An arrest warrant for Putin over war crimes in Ukraine was welcomed, but the government’s response this time has been more muted

Al Jazeera · May 22, 2024

UK ruling on Assange extradition ‘resets the game’. What happens next?

Rights groups laud latest decision as an investigative journalist warns Assange ‘might be entombed in prison for life’.

Al Jazeera · Mar 26, 2024

UK ruling on Julian Assange ‘killing him slowly’, say free speech advocates

London’s High Court ruled that Assange can appeal against extradition if the US fails to provide certain assurances.

Al Jazeera · Feb 20, 2024

Julian Assange appeals in ‘most important press freedom case in the world’

A court will decide if Julian Assange may appeal extradition to the US, where relatives say he could die in jail.

The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2023

A four-decade-old Pacific treaty was meant to preserve the ‘peaceful region’. Now experts say it’s being exploited

Nearly 40 years after the Treaty of Rarotonga came into force, the region is on edge about another rise in geopolitical tensions

The Guardian - AU · Oct 25, 2023

Israel ambassador claims his country is the victim as Penny Wong warns of ‘desperate need’ in Gaza

Australian foreign minister calls for ‘humanitarian pauses on hostilities’ as Amir Maimon urges world not to ‘look away’ from Hamas’ actions

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