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Ben PackhamForeign affairs and defence correspondent

Ben Packham is The Australian’s foreign affairs and defence correspondent. He has been a journalist for more than 25 years and is the 2024 recipient of the prestigious Lowy Institute Media Award.

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Supplied picture of the new Ambassador to China, Graham Fletcher.

Embassy door open for Belt and Road

Ambassador to China hosted reception for Australia’s main Belt and Road initiative lobby group headed by Jean Dong, despite government’s clear opposition.

Remy Varga and Ben Packham

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Andrews given nod by DFAT

Australia’s current ambassador to China gave Victoria the green light to sign on to controversial Belt and Road Initiative.

Ben Packham

Politics

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (L) shakes hands with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem on November 1, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Ariel Schalit

PM called on Leifer extradition

Scott Morrison has welcomed an Israeli court ruling paving the way for the extradition of accused sex predator Malka Leifer.

Ben Packham

Politics

Australian High Commissioner to PNG Jon Philp is pictured at centre.Picture: Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/AusHCPNG/photos/a.387064714704590/2891565090921194/?type=3&theater

Backlash over same-sex support

Australia’s new high commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Jon Philp, has sparked a religious furore just months into the job.

Ben Packham

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Chinese media reaction to Clive Palmer's recent tirade against China when he appeared on the ABC's QandA program. An editorial that appeared in

Chinese paper hops into Australia

China’s state-owned Global Times has called Australia a ‘giant kangaroo that serves as a dog of the US’.

Ben Packham

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Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham speaks during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

China exports cheap shots in war of words

Australia-China relations headed towards crisis point amid fresh war of words with Beijing’s top diplomat in Canberra.

Ben Packham and Richard Ferguson

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Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet for a bilateral meeting during the 2018 ASEAN Summit in Singapore 14/11.

India a major trade partner: PM

Scott Morrison and Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will cement new agreements to develop reliable supply chains in key sectors.

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TOPSHOT - This photo taken on April 15, 2020 shows vendors wearing face masks as they offer prawns for sale at the Wuhan Baishazhou Market in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. - China's

NSW back to school next Monday

Students across NSW will return to face-to-face learning more than a week earlier than anticipated.

Lachlan Moffet Gray, Rachel Baxendale and Richard Ferguson

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Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison walks past G20 member flags as he is welcomed by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)

World coalition backs Australia

India, Japan, UK, Canada, Russia and all EU member states among nations to support Australia’s call for an inquiry into coronavirus.

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The 2019 Australian International Airshow at Avalon Airport during the first trade day of the show. The RAAF 'The Hour of Power' featuring the F-35 Strike Fighter. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Scramble at Trump threat on F-35s

Australia to ‘reinforce’ its value to Joint Strike Fighter program after Trump push to end offshore manufacturing.

Nick Evans and Ben Packham

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