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A record number of Chinese Australian politicians now sit in federal parliament. They reflect on challenges they have faced ...
You have to hand it to the Labor Party… Last week they scaled previously unexplored heights of hypocrisy. Senator Penny Wong, ...
Both Anthony Albanese and Sussan Ley are past convenors of the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine group when they were backbenchers, more than two decades ago.
In his first sit-down interview since being elected, Basem Abdo, the first person of Palestinian heritage elected to ...
Senate leader Penny Wong accused Mehreen Faruqi of protesting for "attention" after she held a sign calling on the government ...
A 19-gun salute outside parliament has been interrupted amid a pro-Palestinian protest. Meanwhile, David Pocock has laughed ...
P enny Wong, Australia’s foreign minister, prefers to talk about her job, not herself. Asked what it was like to be in Washington on January 20th, listening to Donald Trump’s inaugural polemic against ...
With Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong in the US this week for Quad talks, experts and the commentariat have again raised the question of what “new approach” the Albanese government should take to ...
While there is no substitute for the US alliance, the visit by Britain’s foreign and defence secretaries, David Lammy and ...
When it comes to foreign affairs, the Albanese government is still too inert. But there are positive signs of emerging ...
The protests in and outside parliament came as Australia condemned Israel's actions in Gaza in a joint statement — criticised ...
Australia is distancing itself from the United States in Southeast Asia amid a flurry of tariffs and aid cuts, pledging "we are here for the long haul".