Petra Rees

Petra ReesDeputy Editor

The Turnbull government looks to cast off the Abbott era’s scepticism of multilateralism diplomacy.

PAUL MALEY and NEW YORK

An Australian-organised Glitter Ball in Bangladesh was postponed indefinitely yesterday because of specific security threats.

Vladimir Putin blames the west for the crisis in Syria and Barack Obama says Bashar Assad has no long term role.

PAUL MALEY and NEW YORK

EXCLUSIVETreasury

Don Argus has warned Malcolm Turnbull that Australia will succumb to a “black hole of debt” unless he makes “hard decisions”.

ANNABEL HEPWORTH

Scott Morrison rejected Tony Abbott’s main tactic to save his prime ministership — an offer for Morrison to run as deputy.

Paul Kelly and EDITOR-AT-LARGE

Humans are mismanaging oceans to the edge of collapse with nearly half the world’s marine creatures lost in a generation.

Malcolm Turnbull’s victory has the climate-change symbolism to ensure the honeymoon lasts all the way to Paris.

The first choke point for Syrian refugees is Lesbos, two hours’ boat ride from mainland Turkey.

Jamie Walker and LESBOS

The Southern Ocean has recovered its ability to suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Elements of the Queensland Bar Association have failed to act “in accordance with proper standards”.