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Governor grants Rockliff’s request for early election – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Sanctions backlash adds to 'uncertainty' with US

Australia could question its future co-operation with the US after a decision to sanction Israeli government ministers was condemned by an American official.

AAP

Australian engineer freed on bail after four years in Iraqi prison

Robert Pether remains barred from leaving Iraq

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Australian detained in Iraq released after four years

An Australian engineer has been released on bail after being imprisoned in an Iraqi jail on fraud and misrepresentation charges.

AAP

Australia under pressure to join international push for Palestinian statehood led by Emmanuel Macron

France lobbies western nations as it prepares to co-host two-state solution summit with Saudi Arabia

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: Trump, tariffs and the Middle East are looming challenges for Albanese

Australia these days receives invitations to big-league international conferences. And so Anthony Albanese will be off soon to the G7 meeting in Alberta, Canada, on June 15-17.

The Conversation

Labor Members Push Albanese To Sanction Israel Amid Gaza Aid Blockade

Labor members are urging Anthony Albanese to impose sanctions on Israel over its Gaza aid blockade, with calls to protect Palestinians.

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Vanuatu, Australia to sign new development pact

Already Vanuatu's largest foreign aid donor, Australia, is set to sign a new development assistance pact with the Melanesian nation within months.

AAP

Playing the crime card: do law and order campaigns win votes in Australia?

Crime and public safety are usually the domain of state politics. But the Coalition tried to elevate them as key issues for voters in the recent federal election.

The Conversation

Australia lashes Israeli 'conquer, cleanse' comments

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has branded calls from an Israeli minister to conquer and cleanse Gaza as "abhorrent and outrageous", reiterating a ceasefire call.

AAP

Wong condemns ‘abhorrent and outrageous’ comments by Netanyahu government members as global fury grows

UK suspends trade negotiations over ‘monstrous’ rhetoric as Gaza starvation worsens

The Guardian - AU

Pacific must not become a ‘military zone’ amid rise of China, New Zealand’s deputy PM warns

In an interview with the Guardian, Winston Peters says the world faces the ‘most uncertain time’ in 80 years ahead of talks with Australia's foreign minister

The Guardian - AU

Australia accuses Israel of politicising aid in Gaza

Penny Wong has joined a host of foreign ministers calling on Israel to allow full humanitarian aid including food and medicine into the besieged Gaza Strip.

AAP

Foreign minister seeks to calm Pacific climate concerns

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has returned to Fiji for her first standalone trip of the government's second term, just as it was when she took the office in 2022.

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Foreign minister to blitz key Pacific island states

Vanuatu, Tonga and Fiji are the first three Pacific island states on the foreign minister's itinerary as Australia continues to build influence in the region.

AAP

Plea for return of jailed Australian fighter in Ukraine

A captured Australian fighter jailed for 13 years by Russian forces was given a "sham trial" and should be treated as a prisoner of war, the government says.

The Guardian - UK

Australian government ‘appalled’ at Russia’s ‘sham trial’ of Oscar Jenkins who was captured in Ukraine

The 33-year-old Melbourne man was convicted of being a ‘mercenary in an armed conflict’ by a Russian-controlled court

The Independent UK

Australian writer describes ‘unbearable suffering’ in Chinese jail to Albanese as health worsens

Australia says Yang’s letter is ‘message of profound courage, resilience and hope’

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The Guardian - AU

‘Tears blur my vision’: Australian writer jailed in Beijing thanks Albanese for support in emotional letter

Yang Hengjun writes he can ‘only use a silent voice to thank you and all the people who care for and love me’

Euronews

UN agency finds Russia responsible for downing flight MH17 in 2014

The Netherlands and Australia brought the case against Russia before the Montreal-based global aviation agency in 2022.

The Independent UK

Russia is responsible for downing MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, global aviation agency's council finds

The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization has found Russia responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives more than a decade ago

The Guardian - AU

UN body rules Russia responsible for downing of flight MH17 prompting calls for compensation

Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will work with Australia and the Netherlands to consider reparations

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Penny Wong Accuses Both The Greens & The Coalition Of ‘Spreading False Info’ On Gaza

She claimed the election result proved Australians “don’t want political leaders to amplify overseas conflict for their own purposes as the Greens and Liberals did”.

AAP

Australia-Pacific ties enhanced by Labor's election win

Improved relations with Solomon Islands and Vanuatu could be a goal of Labor's second term, with a huge step-up with Papua New Guinea already assured.

AAP

Solomons PM Manele hangs tough to remain in charge

A motion of no confidence in Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has been withdrawn, allowing his government to continue.

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