Penny Wong
Hastie warns of ‘bleak outlook’ as China claims it’s the victim of provocation
The opposition’s defence spokesman backed the condemnation of Chinese military operations around Taiwan and said Australia must prepare for more pressure on national security.
- by David Crowe
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Wong joins US and Japan urging China to ‘immediately cease’ firing over the Taiwan Strait
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan continued to raise tensions over the weekend with China halting all talks with America on climate change and military relations.
- by Anthony Galloway
Marles accuses China of breaching UN rules with Taiwan exercises
The Defence Minister made it clear China was flouting the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea by launching ballistic missiles in an escalating response to a visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
- by David Crowe and Peter Hartcher
Updated
China relations
US lashes China’s ‘manufactured’ crisis over Taiwan
Penny Wong earlier warned of the risk of miscalculation after China began its biggest ever live-fire drills near Taiwan in retaliation for Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island.
- by Farrah Tomazin, Chris Barrett and Eryk Bagshaw
Australia joins outrage over ‘barbaric’ strike on food deal in Odesa
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes showed Moscow could not be trusted to implement a deal to allow the transport of grain.
- by Natalia Zinets
Ambassador Caroline Kennedy to arrive in Australia at ‘critical time’ for the region
The new US ambassador, the daughter of former US president John F Kennedy, will arrive in Australia on Friday, aiming to strengthen regional stability.
- by Angus Thompson
Editorial
China relations
China ties moving in the right direction
Major sticking points remain but Canberra and Beijing do seem to be making a concerted effort to mend relations.
- The Age's View
‘This place will crack’: Centuries-old graves threatened by the sea
Five generations of families are buried in Sigatoka, Fiji. This week the ocean lapped the shore with the threat of economic and environmental destruction.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Tim Vula
Australia campaigns to co-host target-setting UN climate summit with the Pacific
Ambitions to host the next major COP climate conference will heap pressure on Labor to raise its climate change ambitions in time for the summit in 2024.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Opinion
World elections
Abe’s legacy? Japan a step closer to reawakening warrior spirit
Assassinated former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe wanted his country to abandon its constitutional renunciation of its right to make war. Election results over the weekend made that much more likely.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
China relations
Could climate change help thaw relations between Beijing and Canberra?
Penny Wong’s meeting with the long-estranged Chinese foreign minister is not a relationship reset, and Canberra should find initiatives that appeal to China and continue to strengthen ties between the two countries.
- by Benjamin Herscovitch