Australia’s former Ambassador to Washington says the US launched a review of the AUKUS security pact as a result of tensions between Canberra and Washington over defence funding.
The European Union’s top diplomat in Canberra says Donald Trump’s tariff regime has galvanised negotiations on an EU-Australia free trade deal, although the same ‘sticky issues’ remain.
Opposition frontbencher Dan Tehan has warned that Climate 200, Labor and the Greens are working as a ‘progressive front’, urging his Coalition colleagues to be wary of the threat.
A sex offender has been spared deportation in a ruling that undermines Labor’s bid to contain the fallout of an immigration blunder.
Andrew Robb, the architect of multiple free-trade deals, has urged Anthony Albanese to focus on the nation’s shared history with the US in a potential meeting with Donald Trump.
Universities are turning to Europe for certainty on research funding amid Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on higher education, ahead of Anthony Albanese’s potential meeting with the US President.
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says she won’t rush a thorough review of Liberal policies after the Coalition’s crushing election loss, but moved to reassure supporters that core Liberal values of aspiration and getting ahead would be front and centre.
An immigration detainee and convicted wife killer has lost his legal fight against Labor’s bid to deport him to the Pacific Island nation.
Sussan Ley’s shadow cabinet has signed off on its first major policy position since Labor’s landslide May 3 election victory, determining Jim Chalmers is not serious about negotiating with the Coalition.
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has moved to bolster Australia’s defence credentials ahead of Anthony Albanese’s first meeting with Donald Trump at the G7 summit in Canada.
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