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Australia backs NZ getting aboard Pacific peace train

Australia has backed plans from New Zealand to potentially join a $1 billion alliance with Fiji aimed at curbing Chinese influence in the region.

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Accused double murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon’s mother granted bail – as it happened

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Australia eyes next key deal amid gaps in Pacific voice

Australia has bagged a major diplomatic win over China in its battle for influence in the Pacific as attention turns to remaining gaps in the region.

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Australia and Fiji seal mutual defence pact in push to counter China in Pacific

The signing of the defence treaty comes on the same day that Chinese state media reported a submarine had test-launched a long-range ballistic missile in the South Pacific, a move criticised by Australia.

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China test fires missile in Pacific as alliance struck

China has confirmed it fired a sea-based missile in the Pacific, just hours after Australia signed a landmark defence alliance with Fiji.

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Albanese to ink fresh Pacific deal on three-day visit

The prime minister will travel to Fiji and the Solomon Islands to reaffirm Australia's commitment to the Pacific and regional security.

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Anti-Pride Month feuds manufactured by foreign disinformation pages

Social media accounts are claiming Aussie business moguls, politicians and celebrities are feuding over Pride Month, but the stories are fake.

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Warnings against travel to Middle East nations lifted

Travel restrictions have been downgraded to multiple countries in the Middle East following a tentative peace deal between the US and Iran.

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'Futile': Israeli ambassador rejects AFP flotilla probe

Israel's ambassador to Australia says they have yet to see request from federal police for help in an investigation into the treatment of Australian activists.

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Wong and Marles were left waiting in the wings in London – it’s further proof Aukus was never anything more than a political stunt

All the flimflam and palaver amount to nothing in the face of domestic realities. Perhaps the UK’s John Healey has done us all a good turn

The Guardian - AU

AFP to probe treatment of Australian flotilla activists

An independent investigation could be held into the detention of almost a dozen Australians taken by Israel while trying to deliver aid to war-torn Gaza.

AAP

India-Australia ties hold 'key role' in Indo-Pacific calculus, ex-PM Scott Morrison says

Former Australian PM Scott Morrison highlighted the Indo-Pacific as the world's center, emphasizing the Australia-India partnership's crucial role in regional progress and countering authoritarianism. He praised PM Modi's vision for the Global South, offering democratic and free-market alternatives for developing nations. The upcoming visit of PM Modi to Australia is…

The Economic Times

Fuel tax decision imminent after US-Iran peace deal

The federal government is weighing up whether to continue offering motorists discounted petrol and diesel amid hopes of an end to the US-led war in Iran.

AAP

Aukus is among Australia’s worst foreign policy decisions and requires ‘heroic’ optimism, Gareth Evans says

Former Labor foreign affairs minister says belief US would defend Australia in event of an existential attack is a ‘ludicrous delusion’

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Pocock says Australia is ‘sleepwalking’ into AI impacts – as it happened

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Morning Mail: Penny Wong’s Israel broadside, Nauru issues rare statement, snow season fears

Foreign affairs minister says she believes women who claim sexual assault by Israeli troops; island nation issues rare statement after whistleblower claim

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Penny Wong says she believes Israeli soldiers sexually assaulted and abused Australian women after Gaza flotilla

Foreign affairs minister says her position is to ‘always believe women’ when sexual assault allegations are made

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FED:Foreign minister sees red over Greens' Gaza questioning

A Senate hearing examining Australia's support for Palestine was twice shut down due to unruly exchanges between Foreign Minister Penny Wong and the Greens.

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Foreign minister sees red over Greens' Gaza questioning

A Senate hearing examining Australia's support for Palestine was twice shut down due to unruly exchanges between Foreign Minister Penny Wong and the Greens.

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Defence boss torpedoes 'trash' second-hand subs jibes

Changes to the controversial AUKUS deal continue to draw fire, with a senator telling a parliamentary hearing Australia will be left with "trash" submarines.

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Australia sanctions West Bank extremist settler farms

Israeli settlers who've attacked Palestinians in the West Bank have been hit with a new raft of Australian sanctions.

AAP

Disinformation pages concoct AFL rainbow rift

A supposed fan page is targeting the Richmond Tigers with a wave of AI-generated disinformation regarding players' stances on LGBTQI issues.

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Australian PM hails India's economic growth; looks forward to hosting PM Modi again

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looks forward to hosting Prime Minister Narendra Modi again soon. He described India's growing economic importance as an extraordinary opportunity for the Indo-Pacific region. The Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement has strengthened the relationship between the two nations. The Indian-Australian community is a significant contributor…

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Russian ambassador summoned for 'unacceptable' threats

Threats from Russia to demolish buildings in Ukraine have led to its ambassador in Australia being hauled into DFAT for an explanation.

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Labor MP tells Coalition to ‘stop running scare campaigns’ over CGT changes – as it happened

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