Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong will embark on a visit to Vietnam and Malaysia, her second trip to Southeast Asia since being sworn in. Senator Wong will fly out on Sunday as the federal government continues strengthening ties with Australia’s Asia-Pacific neighbours. “It’s more than geography that binds us—we have genuine links in Vietnam and…
Australian PM Refuses to Publicly Intervene in Julian Assange’s Extradition to the U.S
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he will not take a more forthright public position in the case of WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange. The move comes amid mounting calls for the Australian government to intervene in the extradition of Assange to the U.S where he is convicted of 18 charges, including…
Australian PM Refuses to Publicly Intervene in Julian Assange’s Extradition to the US
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he will not take a more forthright public position in the case of WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange. The move comes amid mounting calls for the Australian government to intervene in the extradition of Assange to the United States where he is convicted of 18 charges,…
Prime Minister Calls on Burmese Regime to Release Australian Academic
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on Burma (also known as Myanmar) to release Australian academic Sean Turnell, who has been held by the military junta since February 2021. Turnell, an Australian advisor to deposed leader Aung Suu Kyi, was arrested five days after the regime staged its coup on Feb. 1, 2021 to remove…
Australian Foreign Minister to Visit Solomons Amid Concerns of Beijing Security Deal
June 15, 2022
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Australia’s Labor Foreign Minister Penny Wong will visit the Solomon Islands in the coming days amid increasingly strained ties with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare over a contentious security deal with Beijing. This will be the third trip to the Pacific region by Wong who will also visit New Zealand, following earlier visits to Fiji, as…
Australian Federal Government to Pay $830 Million Over Scrapped Subs Deal
Australia will pay French company Naval Group about $830 million (US$588 million) to settle a scrapped defence contract that would have seen it build submarines in South Australia. Australia’s fleet of Collins submarines were going to be replaced by a conventional fleet constructed by Naval Group but that deal was abandoned by the Morrison government,…
Australia’s Defence Minister Denies Coalition Compensation Allegation
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles has rejected the suggestions that the coalition was anywhere near agreeing to a compensation package with France after Australia abandoned its submarine contract last year. On Saturday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed Australia will pay French company Naval Group about $830 million to settle the scrapped $90 billion defence contract….
New Pacific Migration Scheme The Latest Move to Counteract Beijing’s Influence in the Region
June 6, 2022
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Foreign Minister Penny Wong has travelled to the Pacific region twice in two weeks as the new federal government pushes its Pacific engagement strategy which it hopes can bolster Australia’s presence in the region to counter Beijing. Wong, sworn in as new foreign minister on May 22, said during bilateral talks with Samoa and Tonga…
Experts Deride Claims Aussie Foreign Minister Singlehandedly Torpedoed Pacific China Pact
June 2, 2022
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Pacific experts have panned claims that new Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong singlehandedly took down Beijing’s efforts to sign 10 island nations onto a sweeping economic and security pact. James Cox, director of Pacific advocacy group Peacifica, said any suggestion that a quick visit from a minister from the newly elected Labor government could shift…
China Is Australia’s ‘Biggest Security Anxiety’: Australian Deputy Prime Minister
June 1, 2022
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Richard Marles, Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister has said China is Australia’s “biggest security anxiety” as Beijing expands its influence among the Pacific island nations. Marles warned that China would “maintain an interest” in the Pacific, even though Beijing was forced to shelve a sweeping security and economic deal with 10 nations in the…
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