Right Taiwan call Trumps Obama
US president-elect Donald Trump was absolutely right to take a phone call from Taiwan’s President.
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Climate change a security issue
Defence is recognising the challenges posed by a changing climate and the related subject of energy sustainability.
Gone to pot
It was hard not to feel sorry for the blokes with the giant joint in front of Parliament House yesterday.
China may fill Cuba void
Reversing Barack Obama’s outreach to Cuba would leave a big opening off the US coast for another great power: China
Teary Ellen’s Obama honour
Ellen DeGeneres is among Barack Obama’s 2016 pick to be awarded the nation’s highest civilian honour | WATCH
Last tango in Lima
Not so for Malcolm Turnbull, who enjoyed almost an hour with the outgoing US President in Obama’s last bilateral chat
Obama: I’ll push back on Trump
Barack Obama reserves right to speak out after leaving office if he feels Donald Trump breaches “values or ideals”.
PM turns groupie with Obama
Emerging from a 50 minute meeting with Barack Obama the PM turned groupie and pulled out his phone to grab a selfie.
Leaders talk in Trump shadow
Malcolm Turnbull and Barack Obama will hold a final and pivotal meeting as a cloud hangs over the ANZUS alliance.
Fixing Obama’s mess is a big job
But the president-elect needs to present a coherent economic plan beyond tax cuts.
PM, Obama in race over asylum
Malcolm Turnbull is planning to raise the US agreement with Barack Obama this weekend.
Death of TPP Obama’s fault
The death of the TPP underlines the dismal failure in foreign policy of the second Obama administration.
Obama gives up on TPP
Barack Obama’s administration has suspended efforts to win congressional approval for the free-trade deal.
Trump team flags finance reform
Donald Trump’s transition team says he’ll “dismantle” the Dodd-Frank law, Barack Obama’s response to the GFC.
Trump kept open line to Putin
Donald Trump’s team kept the lines of contact open with Russian officials throughout the presidential election campaign.
White women deserted Clinton
Hillary Clinton’s strategy to woo female voters failed after white women deserted the Democratic candidate.
Sun setting on US influence
Both presidential candidates have rejected a trade pact central to Obama’s Asia pivot.
Australia ‘to steal markets’
If the US lags on approving the TPP, Australia will gain market access at its expense, Obama’s top negotiator says.
Witches’ brew of pretenders
At least the justifiably unpopular White House contenders don’t have a hard act to follow.
Mauling leaves allies exposed
Philippines’ dramatic pivot to China is the most serious setback to the US in Southeast Asia since the fall of Saigon.
Obama’s Asia pivot back on track
Australia and the US have agreed on a cost-sharing deal guaranteeing the training of US marines in the NT.
Darwin locked in for Asia pivot
Barack Obama’s grand plan of providing a Northern Territory training base for US marines has been finalised.
‘Obama, you can go to hell’
Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has launched his strongest tirade so far against the US | WATCH
US-Philippine tensions risk peace
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-Americanism jeopardises Barack Obama’s signature pivot to the region.
Marine deal on track
Barack Obama’s plan to use US Marine exercises in the NT as a basis for a ‘pivot in Asia’ is guaranteed to proceed.
I stood for US alliance as well
Peter Jennings and Sharri Markson ignore key evidence to paint me as pro-Beijing.
PM’s ‘lame duck’ trade race
The PM wants the trans-Pacific trade pact sealed before it is killed off by either Clinton or Trump after the election.
Report on Obama’s foreign policy
The world is a far different place than it was when Barack Obama first addressed the UN General Assembly in 2009.
‘Hillary started birther theory’
‘This started with Hillary Clinton’s campaign, number one,’ campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said.
Turnbull in US ‘pivot’ talks
Malcolm Turnbull has vowed to resolve the dispute over costs that was hampering the US’s ‘pivot in Asia’ plan.
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