A threat from China's ambassador of an Australian boycott could cost billions in lost trade in agriculture,tourism and higher education.
The Foreign Affairs Minister has stepped into the limelight to push Australia's diplomatic weight on the world stage.
There is now a leadership vacuum in Britain at a time when some of the most important decisions in the nation’s history will need to be made.
The withdrawal of Elizabeth Warren from the Democratic primaries makes it seem as if things are going backwards.
Australia's recently departed top spy Duncan Lewis has joined the board of defence giant Thales.
This latest whitewash in Angus Taylor's interference in local politics may seem a trivial matter to the AFP but the cover up is corrosive to the body politic.
There was not a day ... well,a couple ... OK a few ... that Julie Bishop didn't love being in politics,but her new life is like a foreign ministry without the downsides.
Universities are considering quarantining thousands of international students in regional campuses or student accommodation to mitigate a potential $3 billion hit to their budgets from the coronavirus outbreak.
The former foreign minister says she also has no regrets about the Coalition's campaign against the Gillard government's carbon price.
A strategy of quiet diplomacy has failed to free Australian-British academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert from detention in Iran.
Five thousand eager swimmers plunged into the 18-degree water at Lorne on Saturday for the annual Pier to Pub.