Ben Packham

Ben PackhamForeign Affairs and Defence Correspondent

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Cyber threat to power

Power stations, transport systems and industrial plants are at risk from a new threat of cyber attacks.

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Hires version - Defence Department official Cameron Gill whose home was raided by AFP in Canberra today. Picture: Supplied

Envoy’s husband targeted

The home of a federal official and husband of Australia’s ambassador to Iraq was searched.

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PNG service chief’s ‘conflict’

Papua New Guinea’s most senior public servant has become embroiled in a conflict of interest scandal.

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Senator Marise Payne leaves the state funeral of former deputy prime minister and National Party leader Timothy 'Tim' Fischer at the Albury Entertainment Centre in Albury, Thursday, August 29, 2019. Former Nationals leader Tim Fischer has been farewelled at a heartwarming state funeral in Albury, remembered as a one-of-a-kind patriot who 'left us too soon'. (AAP Image/Mark Jesser) NO ARCHIVING

Payne urges restraint in HK

Marise Payne said Australia has urged Beijing “to listen to the legitimate concerns of its people” in Hong Kong.

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The four Australians will leave Papua this week.

Aussies face deportation

Four Australians are being deported from Indonesia for allegedly joining protests in West Papua.

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (centre right) and Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne arrive in Dili, East Timor, Friday, August 30, 2019. East Timor is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its independence from Indonesia. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Hesitation in Timor helps Beijing

The East Timorese ambassador to Australia says any ‘friend’ will do when it comes to funding the country’s infrastructure needs.

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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 04: Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) (R) and committee Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-VA) hold a news conference on the status of the committee's inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election at the U.S. Capitol October 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. The senators said their investigation is continuing and that they trust the conclusions of the Obama Administration's intelligence community assessment (ICA). Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Five Eyes’ future in innovation

The head of the US Senate intelligence committee has called for a Five Eyes innovation partnership to take on China.

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‘No help, you’re not white’

Chinese police tried to break Yang Hengjun by telling him Canberra would not help him because he is ‘not white’.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at the South Australian Liberal party Annual General Meeting at the Adelaide Convention Centre in Adelaide, Saturday, August 17, 2019. (AAP Image/Kelly Barnes) NO ARCHIVING

Keep China out, PM urged

Steve Bracks says China believes it can win over East Timor as a strategic ally on our doorstep.

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This undated photo released by Chongyi Feng shows Yang Hengjun and his wife Yuan Xiaoliang. The Australian government said on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, it was "very concerned and disappointed" that the Chinese Australian writer had been formally arrested in China on suspicion of espionage. Yang has been in Chinese custody since he arrived in southern China's Guangzhou from New York on Jan. 19, 2019 with his wife Yuan and his 14-year-old stepdaughter. China revealed in July that the 54-year-old academic and former Chinese government official had been detained. (Chongyi Feng via AP)

Beijing tells Payne: butt out

China ‘deplores’ statement from Marise Payne on case of arrested writer, Yang Hengjun.

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