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War of words over foreign minister's Middle East trip

Jewish groups are calling for the foreign minister to visit the site of a massacre while Palestinians want Penny Wong to take a stronger stance against Israel.

AAP · Jan 14, 2024

Gaza refugees urge Australia on safe passage of family

A refugee who escaped to Australia from the bombing of Gaza fears for those she left behind, as the Palestinian community pleads for urgent government help.

AAP · Jan 12, 2024

Gaza children being killed or mutilated in ‘very extreme’ numbers, Australian doctor says

Reporting what is being directly witnessed by MSF healthcare workers does not indicate loss of neutrality, Natalie Thurtle stresses

The Guardian - AU · Dec 21, 2023

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Biggest spending politicians revealed in expenses data

The release of parliamentary expenses data shows the amount Anthony Albanese charged taxpayers for travel, in addition to the biggest spenders.

AAP · Dec 20, 2023

Australia condemns settler violence in the West Bank

Australia is one of 14 nations condemning "record high" settler violence against Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank.

AAP · Dec 15, 2023

Australia pledges $265m to support refugees overseas

The Australian government has pledged financial aid for refugees in response to what Penny Wong dubbed the largest displacement crisis in modern history.

AAP · Dec 15, 2023

Labor’s ‘policy shift’ on Gaza may have been inelegant, frayed and contested, but was in no way incoherent

As adversity increases and polarisation reasserts itself as the national default, everything gets harder for the incumbents

The Guardian - AU · Dec 15, 2023

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Australia denounces Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in occupied West Bank

Government joins more than a dozen countries to say settlers are ‘terrorising’ Palestinians in ‘unacceptable’ violence

The Guardian - AU · Dec 15, 2023

Grattan on Friday: Albanese government comes under more heat as it tries to navigate its position on Gaza conflict

For an issue in which Australia is not a player and has no direct influence, the Israel-Hamas conflict is putting serious strain on the Albanese government, internally and externally.

The Conversation · Dec 14, 2023

Labor MP Josh Burns says Australia’s UN Gaza ceasefire vote not relevant to ‘people on the ground’

Speaking from Israel, MP plays down significance of UN resolution, saying violence won’t end ‘without Hamas being removed from power’

The Guardian - AU · Dec 14, 2023

Labor seeks safety in numbers when navigating Gaza ceasefire stance

The government will deny internal Labor party politics influenced the decision, but it has come under increasing pressure from within

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2023

Australia shifts position to vote in favour of UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire

Australia joins 152 nations to vote for resolution that expresses grave concern over ‘catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza’

The Guardian - AU · Dec 12, 2023

US risks ‘complicity in war crimes’, says Human Rights Watch – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 8, 2023

Foreign minister plans to visit Israel within weeks

Penny Wong will visit the Middle East within weeks, following a bipartisan delegation travelling to Israel.

AAP · Dec 8, 2023

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2023

Penny Wong warns there are ‘increasingly few safe places’ for civilians in Gaza as conflict spreads

Australian foreign minister also endorses US defence secretary’s comments on Israel-Hamas war that ‘you can only win in urban warfare by protecting civilians’

AAP · Dec 6, 2023

Australia sanctions Russians who poisoned activist

Three Russian agents involved in the poisoning of an activist and 10 people linked to his harsh imprisonment have been sanctioned by Australia.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023

Fourth former immigration detainee charged after release due to high court ruling

45-year-old Sudanese-born man who allegedly stole luggage at airport becomes latest former detainee charged following NZYQ decision

The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023

Labor passes preventive detention laws as judges gain power to cancel citizenship of serious offenders

Move comes as attorney general Mark Dreyfus has fiery exchange with reporter over government’s response to high court indefinite detention ruling

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AAP · Dec 4, 2023

Stricter detention laws loom as sex offender arrested

Released immigration detainees who pose a serious risk to the community face being locked back up as new laws clear the Senate.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2023

Coalition to have sizeable contingent at Cop28 despite Peter Dutton jibe at climate change minister’s attendance

Frontbenchers Paul Fletcher and Bridget McKenzie part of group of nine MPs who will be in Dubai funded by Coalition for Conservation and Environmental Leadership Australia

The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2023

Two immigration detainees charged after release due to high court ruling

Coalition calls for Clare O’Neil and Andrew Giles to resign as fallout from NZYQ decision continues

Radio France Internationale · Dec 4, 2023

France 'open to resettle' South Pacific islanders threatened by rising sea levels

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna has said she is open to any resettlement request from tiny South Pacific nations threatened by rising sea levels, similar to Australia’s recent agreement with Tuvalu.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2023

Australia and France sign military access agreement as post-Aukus tensions ease

Reciprocal access to military bases and training facilities to be granted in clear break from diplomatic rupture over failed submarine deal

AAP · Dec 1, 2023

Australia sanctions North Korea over satellite launch

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has announced further sanctions on North Korea after it violated UN Security Council resolutions on missile technology.

The Guardian - AU · Nov 29, 2023

Labor facing internal demands to call for full ceasefire in Gaza

About 40 branches in New South Wales have now passed motions demanding a full ceasefire

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