PM hits road in Singapore
Tony Abbott begins a two-day tour of Singapore to spruik Australia to investors and honour our shared defence history.
Foreign Affairs
ISIS claims spreading attacks
Intelligence and security agencies are scrambling to determine if Islamic State had managed the latest bloody terrorist attacks.
Hunt backs wilderness activists
The Abbott government will side with conservationists to stop logging and mining in Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage Area.
PM to deflect floral tribute
Tony Abbott is looking at breaking a 20-year-old diplomatic tradition when he visits Singapore this weekend.
Swiss foil bid to catch tax kingpin
Swiss authorities have for seven years rejected an Australian request to arrest the alleged mastermind of a tax evasion scam.
Brits still important to us: Downer
Alexander Downer says the Australia-Britain relationship is sometimes taken for granted given the common global outlook.
Change or block ‘unjust’ China deal
Union bosses want Labor to force changes to foreign worker provisions in the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement or block it.
Robb welcomes US trade deal
A congress vote to approve trade promotion authority for Barack Obama was “obviously a positive development’’, Andrew Robb says.
Legal fears cloud trade deal
The 12-nation pact has controversial provisions that let companies sue Australian authorities in ‘neutral’ countries.
Business chiefs back Asian bank
Business has backed Australia’s decision to become a founding member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank with a $930m investment.
US pressure on beef imports
The Abbott Government has been warned to expect “pressure from the US” over expanding beef imports in the TPP trade negotiations.
Aus joins Asian investment bank
Joe Hockey will travel to Beijing next week to sign up to the $130bn Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
Scramble to close asylum loophole
The Coalition wins Labor’s backing for an urgent bill to fix a loophole exposing its detention network to legal challenge.
Three ways to lose citizenship
The Coalition introduces its bill to Parliament outlining three new mechanisms for dual-nationals losing citizenship.
AFP anti-terror posts open
Australian Federal Police liaison officers have started work in Jordan and Turkey, both frontline nations in the war on Islamic State.
Canberra, Jakarta closely allied
Australia and Indonesia have stepped up intelligence co-operation amid a growing Islamic State influence in Indonesia.
Shorten feels for Sharrouf kids
Bill Shorten says he ‘feels’ for the children of Khaled Sharrouf as authorities seek to confirm the terrorist’s death.
Tehran talks turkey on asylum
Iranian officials have travelled to Canberra to begin negotiating a breakthrough deal on repatriation of failed asylum-seekers.
Terror fight needs ‘moderates like us’
Anooshe Mushtaq describes herself as a moderate Muslim who sees attempts to counter extremism missing a key element: people like her.
Climate change security threat ignored
Australia’s defence planners are not doing enough to prepare for the strategic dangers posed by climate change.
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