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With AUKUS, Australia has wedded itself to a risky US policy on China – and turned a deaf ear to the region

Much has been made of Australia’s renewed engagement with Asia and the Pacific since Labor came to power.

The Conversation

Diplomatic blitz to calm allies over nuclear subs fears

Australian ministers have been hitting the phones to assure allies and regional partners about the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines.

AAP

AUKUS submarines will be built in Adelaide but no certainty about first eight from SA premier

South Australia's premier says nuclear submarines will be built in Adelaide under the AUKUS defence partnership, but he is not clear on whether all eight promised boats will be manufactured in the city.

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Who is Anies Baswedan, the man hoping to be Indonesia's next president?

The Indonesian presidential hopeful has met with Foreign Minister Penny Wong and governor of the Reserve Bank Philip Lowe during his visit to Australia.

ABC News

Anthony Albanese heads to India with the hopes of securing lucrative opportunities for Australia

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is due to touch down in India today for a visit to shore up ties with the South Asian nation as it strives to become the next economic superpower.

ABC News

British high commissioner to Australia says UK will do more to shake off legacy of colonialism

Vicki Treadell will set out a case that the UK has made progress on projecting a more modern multicultural history in speech to Press Club in Canberra

The Guardian - AU

Wong backing Waqa as PIF secretary general

Australia is backing the Pacific's consensus appointment of Baron Waqa as the next Pacific Islands Forum secretary general.

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Why India is finally the next big thing for Australia

India has been the next big thing on foreign policy, but Anthony Albanese’s trip is the latest indication the moment may have arrived.

The New Daily

Narendra Modi called for civility at the G20, but divisions between Russia and the West made it a tense affair

Despite Narendra Modi pleading with G20 foreign ministers to be civil, the acrimonious gathering ended without a joint communique or the traditional family photo.

ABC News

Quad FMs, wary of China's might, push Indo-Pacific option

The top diplomats of Australia, India, Japan and the United States say their Indo-Pacific-focused bloc is not aimed at China, but their latest words reflect growing unease over China's influence in the region

The Independent UK

Penny Wong meets Chinese foreign minister, urges Beijing to help end Ukraine war

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australia and "all countries" back Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's call for China to do the right thing and not supply weapons to Russia.

ABC News

Wong lobbies Chinese counterpart over trade, Ukraine

Australia has warned China against supplying weapons to Russia at the G20 meeting as the US reportedly lobbies allies to sanction Beijing if it aids Moscow.

The New Daily

Australia joins Quad countries to launch new counter-terror talks – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Australia’s ‘quiet diplomacy’ approach to human rights in India has failed, advocates say

Human Rights Watch urges Anthony Albanese to speak directly to Narendra Modi

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Govt earmarks $26m for national LGBTQI research"

Days after Anthony Albanese became the first Australian PM to march at the gay Mardi Gras, $26m has been promised for medical research for LGBTQI communities.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: China urged to help end Ukraine war; Zachary Rolfe leaves Australia; and new Lord of the Rings movies

Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong joins calls for Beijing to do all it can to end the conflict

AAP

Stronger Pacific in everyone's interests: Australia

Senator Penny Wong has made her ninth visit to the Pacific, taking in Kiribati and the critical Pacific Islands Forum leaders retreat in Fiji.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland to trial GPS tracker for child offenders – as it happened

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Australia and Fiji prepare to cement reunified Pacific

On his final day as Pacific Islands Forum chair, Fiji PM Sitiveni Rabuka wants to hand a reunified region to its next leader, Mark Brown of Cook Islands.

The Guardian - AU

Australia to send drones to Ukraine and expand sanctions against Russia

New measures on first anniversary of Russian invasion form part of pledge to stand with Kyiv ‘for as long as it takes’

ABC News

Australia pledges drone system for Ukraine, announces additional sanctions on those complicit in Russia's invasion

Ukraine's defence forces will be given access to Australian drone systems, with the federal government also unveiling a raft of new sanctions against people connected to Russia's invasion.

Reuters

Pacific island leaders meet to show unity amid super power competition

Pacific island leaders arrived in Fiji on Thursday for a two-day meeting to formalise the return of Kiribati to the 18-member regional bloc, amid tensions between China and the United States in the strategically located region.

ABC News

Missing Adelaide men among four confirmed dead following Philippines light plane crash

Two men from Adelaide who were declared missing after a light plane crash in the Philippines have now been confirmed dead, days after the incident.

The Guardian - AU

Medibank records profit rise despite data breach – as it happened

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Multi-million dollar health spend for Indo-Pacific

Australia will boost its support for Pacific countries under a new plan focused on healthcare programs, from vaccine development to reproductive rights.

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