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Left to right: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Quad leaders summit at Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware, on Saturday. Photo: AP

Eyeing China, Quad leaders expand joint Indo-Pacific maritime operations

Summit of leaders from the US, Australia, India and Japan being watched for how the four respond to the more militarily assertive Beijing.

Summit of leaders from the US, Australia, India and Japan being watched for how the four respond to the more militarily assertive Beijing

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Elon Musk calls Australia ‘fascists’, attacks laws targeting misinformation

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Australia tells Russia to ‘back off’ in war of words over arrested spy couple

Australia army private and husband accused of spying for Russia

Police allege Kira Korolev secretly travelled to Russia in 2023 while on military leave and accuse her husband Igor of accessing her work account and sending her classified information.

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Kira Korolev, 40, and her husband Igor Korolev, 62, are Russia-born Australian citizens and hold Russian passports. Photo: Handout

Australia urges China to restart defence talks to avoid military incidents

Defence Minister Richard Marles said resuming the annual dialogue could ‘avoid unnecessary escalations’.

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‘Unacceptable’: Australia’s PM blasts China for flares near military helicopter

‘They shouldn’t have been at any risk’, Anthony Albanese said of Australian defence personnel who he said were operating in international airspace enforcing UN sanctions on North Korea.

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‘Epidemic’: Australia’s Albanese joins protests against domestic violence

At least 26 women have been killed this year – one every four days – according to rights lobby group Destroy The Joint.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a rally to a call for action to end violence against women, in Canberra, on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Exclusive | China’s Wang Yi receives Australia invite in latest sign of thawing relations

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has been invited to visit Australia in late March, anonymous sources say, confirming a continued interest in smoothing over fraught relations.

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Australia PM pledges ‘whatever support’ needed as wildfires destroy homes

The emergency has killed livestock, destroyed properties and forced more than 2,000 people in Victoria state to leave their homes.

Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese announces engagement

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has asked his long-time partner Jodie Haydon to marry him, potentially becoming the first Australian leader to tie the knot while in office.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and partner Jodie Haydon. Photo: X / @AlboMP

Australia voices ‘outrage’ at China’s suspended death sentence for writer

Chinese-Australian writer Yang Jun was sentenced to death on Monday, with a two-year suspended execution, after being found guilty of espionage.

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Chinese-Australian writer Yang Jun, whose pen name is Yang Hengjun, pictured in Tibet in 2014. Photo: Handout via Reuters

‘Appalling racists’: Australia politicians condemn rise of neo-Nazism

Police dispersed a gathering in Sydney, issuing orders preventing the men from entering other parts of the city, hours after members of a black-clad group were arrested during rallies supporting indigenous people.

Australia rejects China’s claim Japan may have fired sonar pulse at divers

Chinese envoy Xiao Qian said his country’s ship did not use its sonar while Australian divers were in the water, and a Japanese boat could have been the source.

Australia hails ‘extraordinary achievement’ as Aukus subs go full steam ahead

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praised US lawmakers for authorising the sale of nuclear submarines to Australia.

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A Virginia-class submarine is docked at a naval base in Connecticut, US. File photo: AP

Australia seals PNG security deal, ups battle for influence with China

The pact includes more resources for Papua New Guinea’s police, cybersecurity and disaster relief.

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Australian PM speaks out on ‘dangerous’ Chinese navy incident that injured diver

‘The consequences of these events are that they do damage to the relationship’, Anthony Albanese told Australian media on Monday, referring to the November 14 incident.

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Albanese ticks off China visit, but caution remains over Aukus, South China Sea

In this issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at the long-awaited visit to China by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and what it means for future relations between Canberra and Beijing.

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Xi Jinping tells visiting Australian PM relations now ‘on the right path’

China’s leader welcomes Anthony Albanese in Beijing as both sides aim to mend strained relations.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. Photo: AAP/dpa

My Take | US proxy Anthony Albanese goes to Beijing

While Australia’s formal sovereignty resides with the British monarch as part of the Commonwealth, its real sovereignty is to be found somewhere in Washington.

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‘Cooperate where we can, disagree where we must’: Albanese on upcoming Xi talks

China is Australia’s No 1 trade partner but ties have been strained over issues including the source of Covid-19, human rights and the South China Sea.

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CIIE 2023: Li Qiang promotes Chinese consumers as fix for global economy

China’s middle class has ‘colossal purchasing power’ with ‘huge’ potential for foreign businesses, Li says at world’s biggest import fair in Shanghai.

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang (left) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shake hands during the opening ceremony of the sixth China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Editorial | New China-Australia relationship puts paid to blinkered approach

Visit by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to Beijing aims to heal wounds between nations and maintain move to more sustainable policy.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces a deal with China that could lead to the lifting of wine tariffs. Photo: dpa

Explainer | Li Keqiang, GDP, belt and road forum: 8 things from China’s economy in October

Former premier Li Keqiang died in October, while the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation took place and China confirmed its economy grew by 4.9 per cent in the third quarter, year on year.

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Australia’s Albanese to be ‘direct’ with Xi over South China Sea in Beijing talks

Australian PM Anthony Albanese says he will be “direct” in talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping over the South China Sea and other differences during his coming trip to Beijing.

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US and Australia announce agreement to work with Japan on defence technology

At a joint briefing with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden is ‘confident’ Congress will pass funding for Aukus subs and that the alliance is an ‘anchor’ to peace and prosperity in the region.

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US President Joe Biden (right) speaking at his joint news conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday at the White House. Photo: Bloomberg

Australia says port lease to Chinese firm won’t be cancelled after review

The announcement the agreement would not be varied or axed comes ahead of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s expected visit to China this year.

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Landbridge won a bidding process in 2015 to operate the Darwin port in a deal worth US$390 million. Photo: Shutterstock

Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese eyes end of China’s curbs on imports

The curbs have been in place for months, in retaliation against the previous Australian government that had sought an investigation into the origins of Covid-19.

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Australia’s ‘quiet diplomacy’ praised after China frees journalist Cheng Lei

Cheng, who was detained in 2020 and tried in secret on national security charges, has returned to Melbourne and been reunited with her children, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday.

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The latest news on Anthony Albanese, the Prime Minister of Australia, including China-Australia relations and China-Australia trade.
last updated:
29 August, 2024
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