Pacific Solution-mastermind Alexander Downer to review UK’s Border Force

Pacific Solution-mastermind Alexander Downer to review UK’s Border Force

Britain is struggling to contain asylum seeker boats crossing the English Channel from France.

  • byLatika Bourke

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‘I’m just unbelievably awful’:Eddie Perfect on 9 to 5,bad reviews and being an ‘old man’

‘I’m just unbelievably awful’:Eddie Perfect on 9 to 5,bad reviews and being an ‘old man’

He’s one of Australia’s foremost slashies - an actor/writer/singer/songwriter/comedian/guy-who-had-two-musicals-on-Broadway - but Eddie Perfect is not done yet,even if he’s feeling his age.

  • byLouise Rugendyke
‘You’ve had your time’:Downer tells Rudd and Turnbull to get on with their lives

‘You’ve had your time’:Downer tells Rudd and Turnbull to get on with their lives

The former foreign minister has counselled Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd to stop attacking the prime ministers who follow them,saying it only makes them look bitter.

  • byKatina Curtis
‘A bloody outrage’:Leaving Aussies stranded a breach of human rights,says Alexander Downer

‘A bloody outrage’:Leaving Aussies stranded a breach of human rights,says Alexander Downer

Australia’s longest-serving foreign minister says it’s a “bloody outrage” that ordinary citizens have to pay around $10,000 to return to the country.

  • byLatika Bourke
Abbott laments lack of substantive figures in public life compared to Howard era

Abbott laments lack of substantive figures in public life compared to Howard era

Former prime minister Tony Abbott says the current generation of politicians must accept that the Howard government was far superior to them.

  • byRob Harris
Please Explain podcast:Alexander Downer savages UK's China policy

Please Explain podcast:Alexander Downer savages UK's China policy

In this episode,national editor Tory Maguire and London-based reporter Latika Bourke talk about the former foreign minister's changing tune on China.

  • byTory Maguire
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Morrison should coax Britain into fray with China

Morrison should coax Britain into fray with China

If China continues to penalise Australia unilaterally and with impunity,our economic interests and that of other trading partners will suffer.

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Alexander Downer savages Britain's policy on China

Alexander Downer savages Britain's policy on China

Australia's former foreign minister says that Britain's approach to China had let down its allies.

  • byLatika Bourke
'Happy coexistence:'Scott Morrison offers China an olive branch in London speech

'Happy coexistence:'Scott Morrison offers China an olive branch in London speech

The PM says he is happy to discuss China's list of complaints about their relationship but it would require China to reopen the lines of communication.

  • byLatika Bourke
Re-elected Trump will prioritise reducing global reliance on China,security adviser says

Re-elected Trump will prioritise reducing global reliance on China,security adviser says

Matt Pottinger said redressing the West's reliance on Chinese supply lines will be at the heart of Trump's second-term agenda,pointing directly to Australia's economic dependence on the country.

  • byLatika Bourke
Downer scales the Rock of Gibraltar

Downer scales the Rock of Gibraltar

Move over Tony Abbott. Another former federal Liberal politician has lined up a trade advisory job with a foreign government.

  • bySamantha Hutchinson andStephen Brook