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Pacific seasonal workers to receive family support

Pacific seasonal workers to receive family support

Concerns over separated families using Australia's Pacific worker scheme has led to a pilot program aiming to provide support.

NZ's Peters downplays human-made climate change at PIF

NZ's Peters downplays human-made climate change at PIF

NZ's Peters downplays human-made climate change at PIF

NZ's Peters downplays human-made climate change at PIF

As Pacific leaders thanked the UN secretary-general for his advocacy on climate change, New Zealand has downplayed the heights of the crisis.

UN issues rallying cry on climate for Pacific

UN issues rallying cry on climate for Pacific

UN issues rallying cry on climate for Pacific

UN issues rallying cry on climate for Pacific

The UN secretary-general has used the Pacific Islands Forum to call for developed nations to quit fossil fuels and fund developing countries to adapt.

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Earthquake rattles opening day of PIF summit in Tonga

Earthquake rattles opening day of PIF summit in Tonga

Tonga has been backed to host a successful Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting despite the summit ballooning in size and scale.

Australia, Taiwan unite to target China's 'deceit'

Australia, Taiwan unite to target China's 'deceit'

Labor and Liberal senators have criticised China's attempt to claim sovereignty over Taiwan and accused Beijing of misrepresenting Australia's stance.

Australia strengthens defence ties with Indonesia

Australia strengthens defence ties with Indonesia

Indonesia's future president is calling on Australia to extend help to other areas after the two nations struck a deal on defence.

Asian education focus as Indonesia's next leader lands

Asian education focus as Indonesia's next leader lands

Australia is looking to boost engagement with Southeast Asia by enticing students to study in the region as Indonesia's president-elect arrives Down Under.

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History-making Australian art gifted to top galleries

History-making Australian art gifted to top galleries

History-making Australian art gifted to top galleries

History-making Australian art gifted to top galleries

Months after winning the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale, Archie Moore's kith and kin has been gifted to the Tate and the Queensland Art Gallery.

New Caledonia requests Australian aid for riot rebuild

New Caledonia requests Australian aid for riot rebuild

New Caledonia requests Australian aid for riot rebuild

New Caledonia requests Australian aid for riot rebuild

An Australian infrastructure finance fund could be tapped into to help New Caledonia recover from deadly riots that destroyed much of its capital.

Mutual defence pledge as 'warfare' moves to cyberspace

Mutual defence pledge as 'warfare' moves to cyberspace

Mutual defence pledge as 'warfare' moves to cyberspace

Mutual defence pledge as 'warfare' moves to cyberspace

The changing nature of war has led to a revamp of an Australia-New Zealand security pact as the trans-Tasman partners work to bolster each other's defences.

NZ pushes to enter exclusive AUKUS security pact

NZ pushes to enter exclusive AUKUS security pact

NZ pushes to enter exclusive AUKUS security pact

NZ pushes to enter exclusive AUKUS security pact

Australia is open to bringing close partners and allies to a close-knit security pact as it works with the US and UK to build cutting-edge military tech.

Southeast Asian forces gather for joint military drills

Southeast Asian forces gather for joint military drills

Southeast Asian forces gather for joint military drills

Southeast Asian forces gather for joint military drills

Defence personnel and navy ships will conduct joint military exercises and training initiatives with Southeast Asian counterparts over five months.

Pacific aid bolstered as leaders head to New Caledonia

Pacific aid bolstered as leaders head to New Caledonia

Pacific aid bolstered as leaders head to New Caledonia

Pacific aid bolstered as leaders head to New Caledonia

Australia will help stock emergency aid supplies across the Pacific to quicken disaster responses while it seeks the sign off of leaders for a policing plan.

Albanese brushes off verbal sledge from New Zealand PM

Albanese brushes off verbal sledge from New Zealand PM

Albanese brushes off verbal sledge from New Zealand PM

Albanese brushes off verbal sledge from New Zealand PM

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon had insinuated Australians are stupid in a joke in parliament.

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Australia joins drills in contested South China Sea

Joint military exercises across the South China Sea and a warning against China's Pacific push are ramping up pressure on Beijing to follow international law.

Australia-US satellite, travel plans cleared to land

Australians who regularly visit the US will soon find it easier to enter the country. The government also signed on to a US-led satellite mapping program.

China's Pacific push to 'support Taiwan reunification'

China is seeking to exert diplomatic influence in the Pacific to garner support for any eventual effort to "reunify" Taiwan under Beijing's rule, experts say.

Australia's response to aid worker killing criticised

Tel Aviv has taken issue with the Australian's response following the release of a report on an Israeli airstrike which killed aid worker Zomi Frankcom.

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No one would send people back to Gaza, minister says

No decision has been made about Palestinian asylum seekers in Australia, the home affairs minister says, but sending people back to Gaza is not an option.

Family wants new probe into aid worker deaths in Israel

An Australian aid worker's family wants more answers after a report into her death and that of six colleagues found the attack was "not deliberately directed".

Australia's Antarctic research needs '100-year plan'

An inquiry into the importance of Antarctica to Australia's interests has been told of the need for longer-term funding and issues around competing interests.

Wong tours DMZ, condemns North Korean missiles

Australia is pledging to deepen co-operation with South Korea as the foreign minister tours the demilitarised zone and condemns North Korea's actions.

Fears Middle East violence will spread, get more savage

As the prime minister warns conflict could erupt right across the Middle East, Peter Dutton is preparing to visit Israel to highlight bilateral ties.

Quad nations aim to fix 'bent, twisted, broken' world

Quad nations have pledged to boost co-operation as Australia puts $18 million into a centre to assist Indo-Pacific nations with an undersea data cable network.

Trump touts ties to Israel's Netanyahu, blasts Harris

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump dispelled rumours of tensions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they met in Florida.

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