Gina Rinehart,sanctioned by Putin,calls on Australia to ramp up defences

Gina Rinehart,sanctioned by Putin,calls on Australia to ramp up defences

“We urgently need millions of smart mines in our thousands of kilometres of otherwise indefensible oceans,” says the billionaire,one of 121 newly sanctioned Australians.

  • byAmelia McGuire andRob Harris

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Russia sanctions hundreds of Australians including journalists

Russia sanctions hundreds of Australians including journalists

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced it is sanctioning an additional 121 Australian citizens,including our editors,journalists and Defence officials.

Family waits for ID of bodies found in Amazon search for missing pair

Family waits for ID of bodies found in Amazon search for missing pair

British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous rights worker Bruno Pereira went missing after receiving threats. Family and official reports differ.

  • byTerrence McCoy
‘Every second counts’:British journalist,Brazilian expert missing in lawless part of Amazon

‘Every second counts’:British journalist,Brazilian expert missing in lawless part of Amazon

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira went missing while reporting in a remote part of the rainforest near the border with Peru,after reports of threats.

  • byFabiano Masonnave andDavid Biller
Qld laws protecting journalists’ sources to be extended to CCC by mid-2023

Qld laws protecting journalists’ sources to be extended to CCC by mid-2023

The attorney-general committed to extending the newly enacted laws to corruption watchdog proceedings after the initial reforms passed parliament this week.

  • byMatt Dennien
Sadness behind the smile:Shireen Abu Akleh,a voice for Palestine

Sadness behind the smile:Shireen Abu Akleh,a voice for Palestine

It is fitting that Shireen was given a state memorial service. She was a role model for millions of women who grew up watching her on television.

  • bySherine Salama
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Australian ambassador blocked from Cheng Lei’s trial in Beijing

Australian ambassador blocked from Cheng Lei’s trial in Beijing

Graham Fletcher said Australia had “no confidence in the validity of a process which is conducted in secret”.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Australia wants ‘basic standards of justice’ in trial of journalist Cheng Lei

Australia wants ‘basic standards of justice’ in trial of journalist Cheng Lei

The Australian was formally arrested a year ago on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas.

  • byLia Timson
Barnaby Joyce says Julian Assange should not be extradited to US

Barnaby Joyce says Julian Assange should not be extradited to US

Today on Please Explain,foreign affairs and national security correspondent Anthony Galloway joins Bianca Hall to discuss Barnaby Joyce’s call for Julian Assange to be tried in Britain or brought home.

  • byBianca Hall
A ‘selfish political folly’:Journalists threatened with contempt of court in NT

A ‘selfish political folly’:Journalists threatened with contempt of court in NT

Northern Territory’s director of public prosecutions is preparing to charge two Seven journalists with contempt of court over their report on a murder trial.

  • byZoe Samios
Unwell Julian Assange briefly attends court as US presses for extradition

Unwell Julian Assange briefly attends court as US presses for extradition

US authorities told British judges that if they agreed to extradite the WikiLeaks founder on espionage charges,he could serve any US prison sentence he received in Australia.

  • byLatika Bourke