Quad to endure despite new leaders coming: PM
Quad leaders have agreed to a multi-million dollar push to prevent cervical cancer in the Pacific and increase coast guard co-operation.
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Quad group expands maritime security co-operation
Quad alliance leaders have agreed to strengthen maritime co-operation in the Indo-Pacific region, including the first joint exercise of their coast guards.
UN ‘Pact for the Future’ to save global co-operation
The UN has adopted a Pact for the Future - a landmark agreement mapping out a better path forward for humanity in the face of wars, poverty and climate change.
Envoy backs extra Gaza aid and calls for more visa help
Australia can continue to support Gazans living in catastrophic conditions by helping refugees arriving onshore, Palestine's envoy says as he welcomes more aid.
Palestine welcomes New Zealand support at UN
New Zealand's support for Palestine within a United Nations vote has exposed a rift within the right wing coalition government.
We can’t evacuate everyone, Australians in Lebanon told
Australians in Lebanon have been warned of dire consequences if they don't leave as the foreign minister says it's impossible to evacuate everyone.
Lebanon ‘can’t become Gaza’ as Australians told to exit
Australians in Lebanon have been told to leave immediately as Foreign Minister Penny Wong urges Israel and Hezbollah to stop a destructive cycle of attacks.
Australia-China ministers meet amid rocky trade impasse
Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Chinese counterpart Wang Yi have met to discuss remaining trade impediments and security concerns straining the relationship.
Albanese to meet with Biden ahead of Quad summit
The prime minister will hold talks with the outgoing US president before the Quad leaders meeting, where security in the Pacific will be on the agenda.
Trade deal ushers savings as unions decry worker rights
Unions are protesting a free-trade pact with the United Arab Emirates over worker exploitation but the trade minister insists it's a good deal for Australia.
Report urges Australia to increase Ukraine aid efforts
Ukraine needs significant further military and financial support from Australia to help repel the Russian invasion, a committee has told government.
Diggers go ‘under the bus’ as top brass are unscathed
The general who oversaw Australia's operations in Afghanistan is under the spotlight after keeping his honours will some officers lost theirs.
Pacific Is Forum tweaks communique after China outburst
The Pacific Islands Forum secretariat has removed a reference affirming Taiwan's status in the organisation from a previously-published communique.
Tonga pulls off Pacific Islands Forum staging
There has been disagreements and plenty of tensions kept under the carpet but for the most part, the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga was a success.
Pacific First Nations people sound alarm on climate
A coalition of environmental and First Nations groups condemned Australia's addiction to fossil fuels during this week's Pacific summit in Tonga.
Tonga pulls off rift-free Pacific Islands Forum
There have been disagreements and plenty of tensions kept under the carpet but for the most part, the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga was a success.
France clears PIF troika mission to New Caledonia
After blocking a fact-finding mission to crisis-hit New Caledonia, France has relented and will allow Pacific observers to Noumea next month.
‘Take the lane’: Albanese denies US Pacific police plan
A video of what Anthony Albanese calls a "private conversation" with US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell shows a chummy relationship on Pacific policing.
Shadows of US-China contest over Pacific Islands Forum
Attempts by the Solomon Islands to downgrade the membership of Taiwan at the Pacific Islands Forum appear set to fail.
UN Secretary-General Guterres to start Pacific swing
The leader of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, kicks off a two-week Pacific mission this week when he touches down in Samoa.
Australia, Taiwan unite to target China’s ‘deceit’
Labor and Liberal senators have criticised China's attempt to claim sovereignty over Taiwan and accused Beijing of misrepresenting Australia's stance.
Earthquake rattles opening day of PIF summit in Tonga
Tonga has been backed to host a successful Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting despite the summit ballooning in size and scale.
Diplomatic ruptures on display at Pacific Islands Forum
France's handling of unrest in New Caledonia has drawn criticism from Pacific leaders in Tonga this week.
UN issues rallying cry on climate for Pacific
The UN secretary-general has used the Pacific Islands Forum to call for developed nations to quit fossil fuels and fund developing countries to adapt.
‘Groundbreaking’ Australia-Tuvalu pact signed at summit
A year after signing the Falepili Union, the leaders of Australia and Tuvalu have held a ceremony to mark the realisation of the groundbreaking pact.
Pacific backs Australia’s regional police initiative
Anthony Albanese has wasted no time getting to work at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga, announcing support for his Pacific Policing Initiative.
History-making Australian art gifted to top galleries
Months after winning the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale, Archie Moore's kith and kin has been gifted to the Tate and the Queensland Art Gallery.
Mutual defence pledge as ‘warfare’ moves to cyberspace
The changing nature of war has led to a revamp of an Australia-New Zealand security pact as the trans-Tasman partners work to bolster each other's defences.
NZ pushes to enter exclusive AUKUS security pact
Australia is open to bringing close partners and allies to a close-knit security pact as it works with the US and UK to build cutting-edge military tech.
Family wants new probe into aid worker deaths in Israel
An Australian aid worker's family wants more answers after a report into her death and that of six colleagues found the attack was "not deliberately directed".
‘Right thing’: Australia acts against Israeli settlers
Israeli settlers linked to beatings, sexual assaults and the torture of Palestinians in the West Bank have been sanctioned by Australia.