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20 years after Bali bombings, 'the ache does not dim'

People affected by the 2002 Bali bombings gathered on the Indonesian resort island to commemorate 20 years since the blasts that killed 202 people

The Independent UK

Bali bombing victims remembered at parliament and local memorials

Anthony Albanese joins Australians in remembering the victims of the Bali bombings on the 20th anniversary of the explosions that claimed 202 lives.

ABC News

Keep Aust-China communication open: India

India's top diplomat has encouraged Australia and China to keep lines of communication open as Canberra's relationship with Beijing begins to thaw.

AAP

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India-Australia defence ties contributed significantly to free, open Indo-Pacific: Jaishankar

The United States, India and several other world powers have been talking about the need to ensure a free, open and thriving Indo-Pacific

The Hindu

India signals its will to broaden ties with Australia in meeting with Foreign Minister Penny Wong

India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar says the expanding contact between top brass in both countries showed India viewed Australia as a "serious, professional and comfortable partner".

ABC News

Ukraine conflict does not serve interests of anybody: EAM Jaishankar

S. Jaishankar also declined to predict India's vote in advance on the upcoming draft resolution against Russia in the U.N General Assembly

The Hindu

Australia blasts 'disturbing' Iran arrests

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says reports Iranian authorities have continued to be overly forceful dealing with nation-wide protests are "disturbing".

AAP

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Indian minister says Ukraine war serves no one's interests

India’s External Affairs minister says Russia’s war on Ukraine “does not serve the interests of anybody.”

The Independent UK

Held talks on Ukraine, its repercussions in Indo-Pacific region: EAM Jaishankar in Australia

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar arrived in Canberra on Monday where he will hold talks with the top leadership of Australia

The Hindu

Penny Wong brushes curly question on India

The foreign minister has brushed off a curly question about India's defence ties to Russia during a joint press conference at Parliament House.

AAP

Women in Iran are united to spread revolution. I know what it's like to be one of them

With their hands linked together, Iranian women of every age and background have taken to the streets and online to spread revolution.

ABC News

Collaery urges govt to lead 'breakout solution' for 'prisoner of conscience' Assange

Prominent lawyer Bernard Collaery issued a challenge to the Albanese government to free the WikiLeaks founder.

The Canberra Times

The Human Rights Commission Will Investigate Pauline Hanson’s Racist Tweet To Mehreen Faruqi

Mehreen Faruqi’s racial discrimination complaint against Pauline Hanson's tweet has been accepted by the Australian Human Rights Commission.

Pedestrian.tv

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is coming to Australia. What should we expect from his visit?

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will arrive in Australia on October 6 for talks with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. What should we expect from his visit?

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Wong slams North Korean missile test

North Korea's latest test missile that overflew Japan has been condemned as "reckless and unacceptable" by Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong.

AAP

Russian ambassador sends nuclear warning

The Australian government is backing Ukraine's claims of genocide against its citizens and is considering expelling the Russian ambassador.

Crikey

Jacinta Price is the breakout star of the opposition to the Voice to Parliament

The NT senator was a big hit at the conservative CPAC conference over the weekend.

Reuters

Australia expands sanctions against Russians

Australia on Sunday imposed targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on 28 Russian-appointed separatists, ministers and senior officials after President Vladimir Putin proclaimed the annexation of four regions of Ukraine.

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The Guardian - AU

Current cybersecurity laws ‘absolutely useless’, Clare O’Neil says – as it happened

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Foreign Policy

Penny Wong Wants Australia to Be More Than a Supporting Player

Can the new foreign minister escape the slipstream of the superpowers?

The Guardian - AU

Wife of Australian economist imprisoned in Myanmar says family is heartbroken by three-year sentence

Ha Vu pleads for Prof Sean Turnell’s release after secret trial which Australian diplomats and journalists were banned from

The Guardian - AU

Stephen Smith named UK high commissioner as government flags fewer political appointments

Penny Wong defends appointing former Labor minister as a sign of the ‘eminence of Australia’s relationship with the UK’

The Conversation

A sham sentence after a secret trial for Aung San Suu Kyi's Australian economic adviser

Australian Sean Turnell, economic adviser to Myanmar’s democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in prison since the military coup of February 2021, awaiting trial for the supposed crime of stealing state secrets.

Crikey

Myanmar activists get no help from the West — and Sean Turnell rots in jail

As the Australian professor begins a three-year sentence imposed by a junta-controlled court, guerilla groups are unbacked and badly armed.

Crikey

COVID, it’s all well and good: Perrottet

Today NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet will lead a push in national cabinet to axe five-day mandatory COVID isolation, and under the new federal ICAC legislation even the prime minister’s phone could be tapped.

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