Singapore ties to be strengthened
Tony Abbott will fly to Singapore on Saturday to sign a historic comprehensive strategic partnership with the island-nation.
Foreign Affairs
End of drownings ‘a good thing’
Action taken to stop asylum-seekers drowning at sea is ‘fundamentally a good thing’, Labor concedes, admitting to past errors.
Labor bristles at PM’s soft tag
Labor says Tony Abbott is wrong to attack critics as being soft on terrorism for asking that courts have role in policy.
WikiLeaks spills ‘Saudi secrets’
WikiLeaks says it is publishing more than 500,000 Saudi diplomatic documents on the internet.
Boat bribery row escalates
People-smugglers bribed Indonesian police to seal the departure of the boat that has sparked a diplomatic storm.
Islam jail gangs rise
Muslims are over-represented in prison, with more inmates converting to gain the protection of Islamic groups behind bars.
‘Target terror convicts’
Dual nationals convicted of terrorism offences could be deported under an alternative plan on citizenship to the government’s.
PM heads off terror dissent
Tony Abbott has quelled dissent over stripping citizenship from terrorists and challenged Labor to support the contentious laws.
TPP ‘basis of regional engagement’
Madeleine Albright has blamed Washington’s “high-intensity political season” for the congressional revolt over the TPP.
PM risks split on jihadi law
Tony Abbott is facing another ministerial rift over proposed laws stripping terrorists of citizenship.
Farmers to reap from tariff cuts
Australian farmers hope the value of their food exports to China will double through the free-trade agreement.
China deal opens door
The Chinese free trade agreement will draw Australia closer to the world’s second biggest economy than nearly every other nation.
Longer visas for Chinese tourists
The federal government has extended multiple entry visas to Chinese nationals from three to 10 years, in a bid to better compete with the US.
Spies gave cash to asylum crews
ASIS is believed to have offered financial incentives to the crews of asylum-seeker boats in the past to turn their vessels back.
‘Fine beef, good wine’ for China
Australia has formalised the most liberal trade deal China has in a move Tony Abbott says will change the world for the better.
Photos of $30k bribe ‘hearsay’
Scott Morrison dismisses Indonesian claims about a bribe to people smugglers as details emerge of the turn back.
Nations free to buy Aussie farms
Barnaby Joyce said he had no plans to introduce legislation blocking future rural land purchases by foreign governments.
‘Hillary, don’t hold back on sexism’
Julia Gillard has some advice for Hillary Clinton if she becomes the first female US president: call out any sexism early.
Australia’s $20bn export boost
Exports to northern Asian markets is expected to grow in value by $20bn over the next 20 years.
‘Aussies should own our farms’
Barnaby Joyce defends his personal opinion that foreign state-owned enterprises should be barred from buying farmland.
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