Lisa Martin
The Daily Telegraph
Australia
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Dutton defends au pair visa action
PETER Dutton has threatened legal action over a report that he used his ministerial powered to grant a visa to a foreign au pair. → Read More
Greater Aust PNG cop role no answer
A PUSH for Australian police to be more operational on the beat might not be a silver bullet for law and order issues in Papua New Guinea. → Read More
PM's climate clash with Pacific leaders
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott will have to look desperate Pacific island leaders in the eye as he justifies Australia's climate change policy and addiction to coal energy at official talks in Port Moresby. → Read More
Climate showdown at Pacific leaders' forum
PACIFIC Islanders won't be abandoned to suffer in silence as seawater inundates their homes and crops, Papua New Guinea's prime minister has declared ahead of a showdown with Australia and New Zealand on climate change. → Read More
Progress on two Pacific island trade pacts
PACIFIC island countries are hopeful of wrapping up a trade pact with the European Union by year's end and one with Australia and New Zealand mid-next year. → Read More
Aust, NZ urged to help Pacific neighbours
CYCLONE-PRONE islanders are pinning their hopes for survival on the "two big brothers" of the Pacific region taking more responsibility for their carbon pollution. → Read More
Australian MPs to get mindfulness lesson
YOU have to work on your parachute before you need to use it. → Read More
Climate tops agenda at Pacific Is talks
AUSTRALIA and New Zealand are expected to cop a behind-the-scenes walloping from Pacific Island leaders disappointed they are not doing more to combat climate change. → Read More
Aust rape suspects could return to Manus
THE family of an alleged rape victim claims the operator of the Manus Island immigration detention centre has promised three former guards will be flown back from Australia to face questioning by Papua New Guinea police. → Read More
Cambodia deal an expensive joke: Marles
AUSTRALIA'S refugee resettlement deal with Cambodia is an expensive joke, the federal opposition warns. → Read More
DFAT head considering targets for women
AUSTRALIA'S top diplomat is comfortable with the idea of introducing targets, but not quotas, to increase the number of women in senior roles. → Read More
Meddling leaders 'a diplomatic challenge'
THE head of the foreign affairs department has identified the involvement of political leaders as a unique diplomatic challenge. → Read More
Greens want Wilson Security barred
THE Greens are demanding Wilson Security be barred from re-bidding for work at the Nauru immigration detention centre, after claims one of its senators was subject to systematic spying. → Read More
Outback pupil's art to launch into space
MOST six-year-olds are happy with a bit of prime fridge space for their drawings. → Read More
Holden rev head appointed Speaker
A SPEAKER with a penchant for chartered aircraft has been replaced with a Holden rev head. → Read More
China on a health kick, Aust to cash in
THE Chinese are on a massive health kick and an Australian vitamins company has just the medicine to meet their need. → Read More
Pacific nations should look at fat tax: Dr
A LEADING Pacific doctor has backed calls for islander countries to consider a fat tax on junk food to tackle the ticking time bomb of obesity in the region. → Read More
Ministers draw up disaster game plan
THE disaster-prone Pacific region will undergo a major stocktake of emergency aid supplies and beef up early warning systems ahead of the cyclone season. → Read More
Nauru lashed during ministerial talks
AUSTRALIA and New Zealand have taken Nauru to task over the deteriorating state of democracy and rule of law on Nauru during Pacific foreign ministers' talks in Sydney. → Read More
Baby colobus monkey for Canberra zoo
FOR one of Canberra's newest residents, cuddling up to mum is the best way to survive the winter in the national capital. → Read More