‘Deeply offensive’:Israel furious as Australia denies ex-minister a visa

‘Deeply offensive’:Israel furious as Australia denies ex-minister a visa

Tensions ratchet up between the two nations as Australia tiptoes around the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andMichelle Griffin

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Australia backs UN vote on ‘permanent sovereignty’ for Palestinians

Australia backs UN vote on ‘permanent sovereignty’ for Palestinians

Australia broke with the US and Israel in two UN votes on Thursday – the latest in a series of votes that have angered local pro-Israel groups in Australia.

  • byMatthew Knott
Morrison backs Rudd as Australia’s man in DC despite Trump sledges

Morrison backs Rudd as Australia’s man in DC despite Trump sledges

Anthony Albanese gets Donald Trump on the phone to talk submarines as ambassador Kevin Rudd deletes all his past criticisms of the US president-elect.

  • byMatthew Knott andOlivia Ireland
Reconsider AUKUS,say former Labor foreign ministers

Reconsider AUKUS,say former Labor foreign ministers

The government is insisting Kevin Rudd will stay on as Australia’s ambassador to Washington despite his past criticism of Donald Trump.

  • byDavid Crowe
Dutton motivated only by votes on abortion debate

Dutton motivated only by votes on abortion debate

Peter Dutton’s handling of the party’s stance on abortion shows how he plans to run the Coalition.

Australians are traumatised by Middle East horrors. They deserve the facts

Australians are traumatised by Middle East horrors. They deserve the facts

Australians with Israeli,Palestinian and Lebanese links are suffering – and that is intensified in a debate often framed by incorrect information.

  • byPenny Wong
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See the free flights our most senior MPs take

See the free flights our most senior MPs take

Who flew where,how and who paid are fast becoming the defining questions in politics.

  • byMillie Muroi
Australia’s arm-wrestle with China is all over the billboards

Australia’s arm-wrestle with China is all over the billboards

Anyone who doubts Australia and China are in what Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong called a “permanent contest” in the Pacific needs to think again.

  • byRichard McGregor
Liz Truss goes to Canberra,courtesy of Peter Dutton

Liz Truss goes to Canberra,courtesy of Peter Dutton

Despite a record of failure,the former British prime minister is a hit with some of our local politicians.

  • byStephen Brook andKishor Napier-Raman
Police chiefs to plead for calm ahead of October 7 protests

Police chiefs to plead for calm ahead of October 7 protests

On a day the opposition accused Labor of “appeasing” anti-Western forces,Foreign Minister Penny Wong backed Israel’s right to defend itself against Iran.

  • byPaul Sakkal andKieran Rooney
‘Real risk of torture’:Moore-Gilbert says Wong must act now for detainee in Turkey

‘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.

  • byMelissa Cunningham