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Penny Wong Wants Australia to Be More Than a Supporting Player

Can the new foreign minister escape the slipstream of the superpowers?

Foreign Policy

Wife of Australian economist imprisoned in Myanmar says family is heartbroken by three-year sentence

Ha Vu pleads for Prof Sean Turnell’s release after secret trial which Australian diplomats and journalists were banned from

The Guardian - AU

Stephen Smith named UK high commissioner as government flags fewer political appointments

Penny Wong defends appointing former Labor minister as a sign of the ‘eminence of Australia’s relationship with the UK’

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A sham sentence after a secret trial for Aung San Suu Kyi's Australian economic adviser

Australian Sean Turnell, economic adviser to Myanmar’s democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in prison since the military coup of February 2021, awaiting trial for the supposed crime of stealing state secrets.

The Conversation

Australia rejects Myanmar court ruling

The federal government has called for the release of Australian academic Sean Turnell from prison in Myanmar, where he was sentenced to three years.

AAP

Australia calls for immediate release of economist jailed by Myanmar

Australia rejects the court ruling in Myanmar against Australian Professor Sean Turnell and calls for his immediate release, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Thursday.

Reuters

Aung San Suu Kyi and Australian adviser handed three years’ jail after secret trial

Myanmar junta’s sentencing of ousted leader and economic adviser Sean Turnell described as ‘cruel injustice’

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Australia to support Iran inquiry: Wong

Australia will support a prompt investigation into the death in custody of a young Iranian woman, the foreign minister says.

AAP

Anthony Albanese says ‘Optus should pay’ for new passports for data breach victims

Push comes day after states suggest telco will pick up multi-million dollar tab for replacing driver’s licences of affected customers

The Guardian - AU

Caught up in the Optus data breach? Here's how to replace your passport, drivers licence and Medicare card

Did you get a message from Optus about your identification documents being exposed in the cyber attack? Here's how to change your licence number, passport and Medicare card.

ABC News

Go Off Queen: Mehreen Faruqi Referred Pauline Hanson’s Gross Tweet To The Human Rights Commission

"I have the right to talk about this history without being racially vilified."

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Australia demands Optus pay for new customer ID documents

Australia’s federal and state governments have called for Optus to pay for replacing passports and driver’s licenses after 9.8 million of the telecommunications company’s customers had personal data stolen by computer hackers

The Independent UK

Federal government wants Optus to pay for new passports, arguing there is 'no justification' for taxpayers to foot the bill

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong asks Optus to cover the passport application fees for anyone affected by last week's massive data breach.

ABC News

Pauline Hanson referred to human rights body after she doubles down on racist abuse

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson will be referred to the Australian Human Rights Commission by NSW Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi after she doubled down on

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Hanson called out over 'racist' tweet

The Greens tried to censure One Nation leader Pauline Hanson for a Tweet branded as "racist", but the Senate instead voted to condemn all forms of racism.

Bangkok Post

Aussie ties out of the woods, raring to go

'Thais that bind: secret mission ends Aussie's torment," read the front page headline of The Australian on Nov 22, 2020. It was referring to Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, the British-Australian academic arrested in late 2018 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard as she was about to leave Tehran over an espionage charge.…

ABC News

Penny Wong has criticised Vladimir Putin's 'desperate' nuclear threats in UN General Assembly speech

The foreign minister intensified her criticism of Russia after Mr Putin announced his country will mobilise hundreds of thousands of troops to fight in Ukraine.

ABC News

Penny Wong talks trade 'blockages' with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on sidelines of UN General Assembly

The foreign minister meets her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of UN General Assembly with trade, Taiwan and the ongoing detention of two Australians up for discussion.

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Australia seeks stable ties with 'great power' China, minister says

Australia is aiming for a stable relationship with China despite differences in particular on trade, Australia's foreign minister said, as she called on China to use its influence as a great power to help end the war in Ukraine.

AAP

Wong meets with Chinese counterpart at UN

Penny Wong has urged her Chinese counterpart to de-escalate tensions over Taiwan amid more direct rhetoric from the US president.

Reuters

Australia, New Zealand condemn Putin threats as "unthinkable"

Australia and New Zealand condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's escalation of the war in Ukraine, saying his threats to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia were "unthinkable" and exposed his justification for the war as untrue.

ABC News

Ukrainian President appeals to world leaders amid escalating Russian nuclear threats

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on world leaders to bolster their support for Ukraine as Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong condemns Russia's threats.

ABC News

Penny Wong confirms plans to meet with Chinese counterpart in New York are being 'finalised'

As world leaders descend on New York for the United Nations General Assembly, many of the most consequential meetings are already happening behind closed doors.

AAP

Wong prepares to meet Chinese counterpart

Foreign Minister Penny Wong is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly and is working to lock in a meeting with her Chinese counterpart.

AAP

Australia sanctions Russia steel magnate

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has met her Ukrainian counterpart in New York, where a request for further Australian military assistance was made.

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