Daniel Hurst
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Julian Assange: more than 60 Australian MPs urge US to let WikiLeaks founder walk free
Exclusive: MPs from major parties say continued extradition and prosecution would be ‘unjust’ and lead to an ‘outcry’ in Australia → Read More
Australia to impose sanctions on Iranian state media over broadcast of forced confessions
Penny Wong to announce the Albanese government’s new sanctions against those linked to the oppression of women and girls → Read More
UK espionage saga a ‘wake-up call’ for Australian parliament, opposition says
Calls for further security measures including vetting of staffers after UK parliamentary aide arrested on suspicion of spying for China → Read More
Australia seen as ‘soft on human rights’ for failing to confront ‘uncomfortable’ history, expert says
Renée Jeffery says country’s ‘discomfort’ stems from reluctance to address own history including treatment of First Nations people → Read More
Australia urged to expand flights to Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam in blueprint to boost trade
Anthony Albanese will launch strategy amid intense debate over decision to block Qatar Airways’ request for further flights to Australia → Read More
Australia tries to salvage EU trade talks after being ‘offered too little and asked too much’
Tim Ayres says ahead of meeting in India that both sides ‘ought to get on with it’ but warns deal only possible if farmers gain more access to European markets → Read More
Anthony Albanese vows to press Xi Jinping to remove trade barriers on Australian wine, lobster and beef
PM says at next meeting with leader of China he will make point that removing tariffs is ‘in best interests of everyone’ → Read More
Australia eyes backdown on wine after China agrees to scrap barley tariffs
The Australian government had agreed to suspend a World Trade Organization barley challenge in exchange for China’s review → Read More
Nato planning to open Japan office to deepen Asia-Pacific ties – report
Liaison office plans likely to attract criticism from China which has previously warned against the western alliance extending into Asia → Read More
Australian defence law plan sparks warning of ‘disturbing’ overreach
Discussion paper shows the government is considering powers to ‘access, store and use large amounts of data’, prompting alarm from the Greens → Read More
Australia may use defence exchanges with Pacific countries to tackle ADF recruitment crisis
Government says its $50,000 retention bonus is just ‘a start’ in addressing workforce problems raised by defence review → Read More
Singapore backs Aukus and says Australia could play ‘bigger role’ in regional security
South-east Asia must not become ‘an arena for proxy wars’, the nation state’s foreign minister said → Read More
‘Wolf warrior’ or entertainer? Outspoken Japanese envoy Shingo Yamagami has no regrets as he departs Australia
The ambassador has been seen variously as giving Australia a ‘shake-up’ and ‘kicking own-goals’ during his Canberra posting → Read More
Australian government to buy Canberra-based radar company for nearly $500m
Commonwealth will take control of CEA Technologies saying the company’s phased array radar capabilities are a critical sovereign capability → Read More
Joe Biden to visit Australia in May as Sydney hosts 2023 Quad leaders’ summit
Meeting will bring together leaders of the US, India, Japan and Australia at the Sydney Opera House → Read More
Federal budget to allocate $4bn for long-range missiles and Australian production of key weapons
Defence minister says army’s artillery range will ‘grow from 40km to in excess of 500km’ → Read More
The defence review says Australia is at little risk of a land invasion – but that’s not where the threats end
Fears of direct military invasion are too narrow a frame to get a true picture of the Indo-Pacific’s security outlook, report argues → Read More
Jobseeker rates, Sky News’ influence and the future of the Coalition. Your questions answered
This week, Guardian Australia’s politics team Paul Karp, Amy Remeikis, Josh Butler and Daniel Hurst sit down to answer your questions. Is the rate of jobseeker too low? What is next for the Coalition? And how influential is Sky News, anyway? → Read More
Foreign spies are aggressively seeking ‘disloyal’ insiders with access to Australia’s secrets, Asio warns
Intelligence agency wants government security clearance system ‘hardened’ to protect sensitive information → Read More
Chinese-Australians face fewer racist insults than at height of diplomatic tensions with Beijing, survey finds
Lowy Institute poll indicates one in five Chinese-Australians were called offensive names in 2022, down 10 points from 31% in 2020 → Read More