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Kevin Rudd attacks ‘idiot’ Peter Dutton over ‘hairy-chested’ comments on China

Former Labor PM says if China wanted a reset with Australia he ‘could not think of a dumber thing to do’ than the Solomon Islands deal

The Guardian - AU · May 11, 2022

Concern China dominated Solomons diplomacy

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd and former foreign minister Julie Bishop discussed Australia's relationship with China and Beijing's interest in the region.

AAP · May 11, 2022

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?

ABC News · May 4, 2022

Sorting the fact from the spin in Clive Palmer's National Press Club address

United Australia Party chairman Clive Palmer repeated some previously debunked claims at the National Press Club. But there were some new ones which need further context as well.

ABC News · Apr 8, 2022

Labor politicians are responding to the pre-election budget by attacking the government's record. Here's what you need to know to interpret their claims

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese have responded to the Coalition's pre-election budget with a string of attacks on the government's record. How do they stack up?

ABC News · Apr 7, 2022

Bullying claims by female Liberal MPs routinely dismissed by colleagues, new research finds

Study states female politicians’ bullying allegations downplayed as ‘cost of doing politics’ or something men face in equal measure

The Guardian - AU · Mar 23, 2022

Julie Bishop recalls her run-in with Vladimir Putin after the downing of MH17 over Ukraine claimed 38 Australian lives

In 2014, Australia's former foreign minister came face-to-face with the Russian President after the downing of flight MH17 with a Russian-made missile. What did she learn from the encounter and how does she see the Ukraine conflict playing out?

ABC News · Mar 8, 2022

Julie Bishop says politicising national security 'not in Australia's national interests'

Former foreign minister Julie Bishop says all parliamentarians should heed the words of ASIO director-general Mike Burgess and avoid politicising national security and foreign policy.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2022

'Lower temp' on security politics: Bishop

Former foreign minister Julie Bishop has called for the temperature to be lowered in national security politics, saying it's not in Australia's interest.

AAP · Feb 21, 2022

Australia’s Pine Gap ‘hugely important’ to western monitoring of China, says former British spy chief

Richard Dearlove discusses facility’s role in monitoring China’s ‘rather alarming’ activities

The Guardian - AU · Feb 10, 2022