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Blockbuster trade deal on rocks as parties trade fire

Blockbuster trade deal on rocks as parties trade fire

Australia has been urged not to miss out on a potential windfall by letting a free trade deal with Europe fail, but it now faces stiffer opposition.

Election clouds future of historic First Peoples treaty

Election clouds future of historic First Peoples treaty

Election clouds future of historic First Peoples treaty

Election clouds future of historic First Peoples treaty

Debate over Australia’s first treaty is stoking distress, with First Nations advocates warning it's being used as a political football in election campaigning.

Key alliance deliberately vague on military game plan

Key alliance deliberately vague on military game plan

Key alliance deliberately vague on military game plan

Key alliance deliberately vague on military game plan

One of Australia's only formal alliances does not compel its signatories to do anything specific in the event one or the other is attacked.

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Why Solomon Islands PM had to apologise to Albanese

Why Solomon Islands PM had to apologise to Albanese

Anthony Albanese has met with his Pacific counterpart for the third time in almost as many months on the sidelines of the UN.

Largest RAN ship hosts marines for amphibious training

Largest RAN ship hosts marines for amphibious training

Australia's largest warship has hosted hundreds of US marines for amphibious training exercises at sea.

Last-ditch intervention to scrap 'open air' prison laws

Last-ditch intervention to scrap 'open air' prison laws

A First Peoples' treaty body is piling pressure on a state government to dump legislation that would curtail the right of prisoners to an hour of outdoor time.

Australia 'at risk' without greater polar focus

Australia 'at risk' without greater polar focus

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has examined potential risks faced by Australia if it doesn't increase its focus on Antarctica and the Arctic.

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Australia eyes next key deal amid gaps in Pacific voice

Australia eyes next key deal amid gaps in Pacific voice

Australia eyes next key deal amid gaps in Pacific voice

Australia eyes next key deal amid gaps in Pacific voice

Australia has bagged a major diplomatic win over China in its battle for influence in the Pacific as attention turns to remaining gaps in the region.

'Meet common danger': Australia, Fiji seal new alliance

'Meet common danger': Australia, Fiji seal new alliance

'Meet common danger': Australia, Fiji seal new alliance

'Meet common danger': Australia, Fiji seal new alliance

Fiji has become Australia's newest ally under a mutual defence pact that leaves the door open to including other Pacific nations as China jostles for influence.

Albanese touches down in Fiji ahead of new Pacific deal

Albanese touches down in Fiji ahead of new Pacific deal

Albanese touches down in Fiji ahead of new Pacific deal

Albanese touches down in Fiji ahead of new Pacific deal

The prime minister has reached the first stop of his Pacific tour, receiving a warm welcome in Fiji after arriving to ink a major security deal.

'Jellyfish babies' and the treaty Australia won't sign

'Jellyfish babies' and the treaty Australia won't sign

'Jellyfish babies' and the treaty Australia won't sign

'Jellyfish babies' and the treaty Australia won't sign

A weapons treaty Labor has pledged to ratify is gathering dust as Pacific islanders anxiously watch their region getting caught up in nuclear-tipped rivalry.

Australia open to Pacific-wide security pact push

Australia open to Pacific-wide security pact push

Australia open to Pacific-wide security pact push

Australia open to Pacific-wide security pact push

As Australia and China engage in a tug-of-war for influence in the Pacific, Canberra will weigh up new security deals floated by regional partners.

'For us, by us': Indigenous plea for truth-telling

'For us, by us': Indigenous plea for truth-telling

'For us, by us': Indigenous plea for truth-telling

'For us, by us': Indigenous plea for truth-telling

An Indigenous man has marked the start of Reconciliation Week with the culmination of his 500km journey to reach the seat of government.

Asian Cup to kick off match-fixing crackdown

Asian Cup to kick off match-fixing crackdown

Asian Cup to kick off match-fixing crackdown

Asian Cup to kick off match-fixing crackdown

Australia is susceptible to match fixing set up by offshore criminal networks due to popular illegal betting markets being unperturbed by ad hoc enforcement.

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Australia backs defence collaboration with Indonesia

Anthony Albanese wants greater Australian "integration" into defence infrastructure in Indonesia following the signing of a landmark security treaty.

Australia 'stained' by its treatment of child offenders

Australia has been slammed for its juvenile justice laws as UN experts sound the alarm over the growing number of people in prison without a sentence.

Disunity as Aboriginal people hear 'powerful' apology

Indigenous leaders have hailed a state's formal apology for past injustices while lamenting persistent ploys to make the population a "political football".

Australian goals not getting easier in contested region

Disruption is now permanent in the contested Indo-Pacific and Australia must be vigilant despite bolstering international relations, the foreign minister warns.

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Australia and Indonesia deal won't bind nations in war

Australia's leaders remain circumspect about the terms of a security agreement with a key northern neighbour after finalising the deal with its president.

Nation must 'choose courage' as it enters treaty era

Australians are being urged to put aside politics and "choose courage", as one state prepares to enter into treaty with its First Nations people.

Treaty on election ballot as opposition vow 'tear down'

Voters will have the final say on the survival of a landmark statewide treaty as the opposition promises to rip it up and start again if elected.

Australia gets PNG 'pukpuk' defence pact over the line

Australia has its newest defence ally in 70 years, with Papua New Guinea joining the US and New Zealand after a pact signed in Canberra.

Setback for PM as landmark PNG defence pact delayed

A landmark defence pact between Australia and Papua New Guinea has been delayed after the Pacific nation's cabinet didn't sign off on the agreement in time.

'Grave disrespect': treaty referendum call dismissed

Comparisons between a state treaty and the failed voice to federal parliament have been derided as a prominent 'no' campaigner calls for a referendum.

'Misinformation, lies': Australian-first treaty warning

Students are set to learn more about post-colonial impacts on Aboriginal people after an agreement was struck on an Australian-first treaty.

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