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Anthony Albanese wants to expand Australia’s commercial relationship with China but maintain its security allegiance with Washington.

Trade, pandas … and soccer: Albanese walks diplomatic tightrope with Xi and Trump

As Anthony Albanese travels to China, the delegation will engage in panda diplomacy, but the trip is far more focused on tourism and trade.

  • Paul Sakkal

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Chris Bowen attended last year’s climate talks in Baku, but has yet to secure Australia’s hosting rights.

Albanese government faces backlash for failing to lock in climate talks

Despite years of effort and the support of its UN peers, Australia has been unable to convince Turkey to pull out of the race to host global climate talks.

  • Nick O'Malley
Foreign Minister Penny Wong and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio shake hands before a meeting at the State Department in Washington.

Wong’s trip to Washington may suggest that everything is business as usual. It isn’t

This is an administration that has made its intentions plain. America First is about prioritising US interests and discarding the interests of others, even those of its allies.

  • Michael Koziol
Foreign Minister Penny Wong and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio before a meeting at the State Department in Washington.

‘You want to write that’:​ Wong dodges question on AUKUS ​​doubts

The foreign minister emerged from a meeting with her US counterpart in Washington with no guarantee the Trump administration would continue the defence pact with Australia.

  • Michael Koziol
Anthony Albanese is still to meet Donald Trump in person.

Trump demand on Australian defence spending would leave $200b crater in budget

The mounting pressure from Washington comes as the Albanese government grapples with the ballooning cost of NDIS and pressure from states to spend more on health.

  • Michael Koziol, James Massola and Millie Muroi
Anthony Albanese, Penny Wong and Tanya Plibersek all spoke in support of the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Labor’s Left backed Trump’s strikes on Iran. It’s not the only issue they’ve shifted on

Anthony Albanese, Penny Wong and Tanya Plibersek all spoke in support of the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities. It would have been unheard of at the start of their careers.

  • Nick Bonyhady
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Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the government supported the US strikes.

US acted alone in Iran, Albanese declares while abandoning neutral stance on attack

A day after releasing a statement that did not directly mention the strikes and called for peace, the Albanese government has endorsed the bombing.

  • Olivia Ireland and Natassia Chrysanthos
Smoke rises above the Soroka Medical Centre.

Australia urges diplomacy as deadly Israel-Iran strikes ramp up and Trump weighs US options

Australia has closed its embassy in Tehran, while the US president says he’ll decide whether to intervene in the war within two weeks.

The Israel-Iran war enters its second week.

How the first week of the Israel-Iran war unfolded, day by day

Hundreds of Israelis and Iranians are dead as the enemies trade missile strikes. Trump is considering entering the war. Here’s how it unfolded.

  • Angus Delaney
Beachgoers in Tel Aviv leave during a missile alert from Iran.

Armoured cars, ferries: How Australians are fleeing the Middle East

About 1500 Australians have asked the government for help to flee Iran and almost as many to flee Israel amid the escalating conflict.

  • Olivia Ireland, Patrick Begley and Elias Visontay

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