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Russia should take ceasefire deal with Ukraine: Wong

Australia has called on Russia to take a proposed ceasefire deal with Ukraine, while standing firm in its decision to consider sending troops for peacekeeping.

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With Australian steel and aluminium set to incur US tariffs, global uncertainty will be our next challenge

“Unjustified” and “not the way that friends and allies should be treated”. That’s how Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong have described the latest shot in United States President Trump’s trade war.

The Conversation

Confusion over Libs' pledge to recognise West Jerusalem

The coalition's foreign affairs spokesman has seemingly contradicted the opposition leader about a major foreign policy decision on Israel's capital.

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Australia navigating ‘very different America’ under Trump, foreign minister says

Penny Wong says Australia still hopeful of securing tariff exemptions

The Independent UK

Australia backs Gaza assistance as Israel chokes aid

A spokesperson for Australia's foreign minister has reiterated calls for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza as Israel blocks humanitarian supplies.

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Cause for Australian optimism despite US-Ukraine stoush

Australian ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd has launched a staunch defence of the alliance between the two nations amid a shake up under Donald Trump.

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Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China amid human rights concerns

Men from Xinjiang region had entered Thailand illegally over a decade ago

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No reason for China to apologise to Australia for live-fire drills, ambassador says

Xiao Qian says exercises in Tasman Sea posed ‘no threat’ to Australia as previously unreported communications between pilots and air traffic controllers show confusion over drills

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: Albanese falls victim to a Chinese burn

As the Albanese government struggles to stay on its political feet, who would have thought the China issue would suddenly insert itself into the campaign, leaving the prime minister looking, at best, flat-footed?

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Penny Wong accuses Coalition of ‘gunboat diplomacy’ in Senate estimates as Chinese warships sail into Great Australian Bight

James Paterson questions whether PM was across detail of live-fire drill, prompting Wong to say opposition senator ‘not actually interested in detail’

The Guardian - AU

Khaled Sabsabi pledges to show Venice Biennale work despite Creative Australia decision to drop him

Artist and curator Michael Dagostino break silence following Creative Australia decision to withdraw them as representatives

The Guardian - AU

US retreat leaves Australia to weigh Pacific aid gaps

Donald Trump's aid freeze, dismantling of key agency USAID and reinstatement of the global gag rule will both shatter and shake up development assistance.

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Brisbane bus drivers push back strike action – as it happened

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China accuses Australia of ‘deliberately hyping’ live-fire drills that led to planes changing course mid-flight

China says Australia made ‘unreasonable accusations’ and deliberately hyped the situation after naval drills

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Australia confronts China over apparent live-fire exercises conducted off coastline

Deputy PM Richard Marles says explanation for the drills, which were conducted in international waters and according to international law, are ‘unsatisfactory’

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China conducts second live-fire drill near New Zealand

A Chinese warship has conducted a second live-fire drill in as many days, according to New Zealand navy personnel.

The Independent UK

Australia warns airlines to beware of a Chinese navy live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong says her government has warned international airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand to beware of Chinese warships conducting a live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea

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Crypto investment scammers exploit fake images of Penny Wong in social media ads

Ads falsely purporting to be from news outlet reported fake claims the foreign affairs minister was jailed for speaking about ‘investment’ opportunity

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Would Sidney Nolan be cancelled for painting Ned Kelly today? That’s what Creative Australia has done to Khaled Sabsabi

Despite the perceived outrage at Khaled Sabsabi’s depiction of Hassan Nasrallah in his 2007 work You, Australian art has long made subjects of outlaws and questionable figures. And it is all the richer for it.

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Laos Yet To Accept AFP Help As Families Seek Answers In Methanol Poisoning Deaths

“Two young Australian women died here. We need to know why, how this happened."

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New international strategy to improve gender equality

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has launched an international gender equality strategy to advance the human rights of women and girls.

The Independent UK

Australia sanctions rightwing online network 'Terrorgram’

First time Australia has sanctioned an entity that is entirely online

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Aussie households forecast to weather Trump tariffs

Australia might see some fallout from Donald Trump's tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports, but local households are expected to be spared too much pain.

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Extremist groups tipped to sidestep terror sanctions

Extremist groups will continue evolving to evade counter-terrorism sanctions slapped on them in a bid to curb escalating anti-Semitism, experts warn.

The Independent UK

Australian teacher believed to have been killed by Russia in Ukraine is alive, says foreign minister

Oscar Jenkins left his job teaching to go fight for Ukraine before he was taken captive in December

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