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‘Real risk of torture’: Moore-Gilbert says Wong must act now for detainee in Turkey
Former political prisoner Kylie Moore-Gilbert says “there is a crucial window of time” in which Foreign Minister Penny Wong can assist Melbourne woman Cigdem Aslan, who was arrested by Turkish intelligence.
- by Melissa Cunningham
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Penny Wong: ‘Lebanon cannot become the next Gaza’
In a strengthening of her language, Wong said: “Civilians are being killed by Israeli strikes and it is women and children who are paying the highest price.”
- by Matthew Knott
Australians urged to leave Lebanon as government won’t be able to help them all
Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the number of Australians now in Lebanon who may require assistance during a full-blown war is “beyond the capacity of the government”.
- by Matthew Knott
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
Australia treats world’s most important conflict with indifference
It is profoundly misguided for Australia to see the Ukraine war as a faraway conflict in which we do not have a direct interest.
- by George Brandis
‘We wanted to vote yes’: Australia expresses regret over UN Palestine vote
Australia’s UN ambassador has insisted that, despite Australia’s vote, it is only a matter of time until an independent Palestinian state is recognised.
- by Matthew Knott
After Lehrmann saga, Reynolds doubts watchdog will stop ‘weaponisation’
Independent MPs slammed parliament’s new standards agency, saying it was a toothless major party “stitch-up”, while Linda Reynolds called its creators “hypocritical”.
- by Olivia Ireland
Opinion
LGBTQ
As a gay man, I’m tired of Labor’s photo-op politics. So I quit!
Labor talks a big game on diversity and inclusion. But as a gay man, I’ve lost patience with the glacial pace of the party’s reform agenda.
- by Mark Baxter
Penny Wong slams Israeli minister’s remark that Gaza starvation may be justified
The foreign minister joins international condemnation of comments from a senior Israeli minister that stopping aid until hostages are returned could be “just and moral”.
- by Olivia Ireland
Government slams Iranian ambassador for backing destruction of Israel
Anthony Albanese decried the ambassador’s comments on Israel as hateful and antisemitic, while Foreign Minister Penny Wong labelled them repugnant.
- by Matthew Knott
Australian travellers to finally get expedited entry into US
Penny Wong said today’s milestone would deepen the links between the two countries “and make it easier to foster greater commercial ties” between Australia and the US.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Israel accuses Wong of ‘misrepresenting’ aid worker deaths report
Israeli officials were especially incensed that the foreign affairs minister described the April killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers as an “intentional strike”.
- by Matthew Knott
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