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In China puzzle, Australia knows itself. The UK hasn’t a clue

29 Sep 2018 - 4:02pm 14

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Why FDI concerns after Australia leadership change are unfounded

10 Oct, 4:03am

Politics

Chinese police get power to inspect internet service providers

6 Oct, 5:26pm 11

Australasia

Australia concerned by China’s ‘aggressive tactics’ in South China Sea

3 Oct, 2:18pm 19

People

Meet the Chinese businessmen making waves in Australia

30 Sep, 10:43am 8

Opinion

In China puzzle, Australia knows itself. The UK hasn’t a clue

29 Sep, 4:02pm 14

More on New Zealand

Australasia

Accusations about Chinese cash send New Zealand opposition into chaos

16 Oct, 10:33pm 6

Australasia

Japan, New Zealand form united front on illicit transfers by N. Korean vessels

15 Oct, 5:48pm

Australasia

New Zealanders fined for urging Lorde’s ‘Israeli boycott’ refuse to pay up

15 Oct, 10:01am

Australasia

New Zealand’s bird of the year is a drunk and gluttonous pigeon

15 Oct, 9:49pm

Middle East

Why Israel fined two New Zealand teens for their letter to popstar Lorde

12 Oct, 10:25am 1

Australasia

Why activists say New Zealand’s abortion laws breach human rights

8 Oct, 10:00pm

Policy

New Zealand customs can now demand passwords to digital devices

2 Oct, 11:24pm 2

More on Climate change

Letters

Are more flats through reclamation worth it if the housing isn’t safe?

16 Oct, 11:10am

United States & Canada

Climate change? It goes back and forth, says Trump on storm damage tour

16 Oct, 7:53am

Opinion

Laugh now at Trump’s follies, but climate change isn’t funny

16 Oct, 7:55am 10

South Asia

‘Fully organic’ Sikkim wins top UN-backed award

13 Oct, 4:59am 1

Health & Wellness

How climate change harms your mental health and why it will get worse

12 Oct, 8:15pm 3

Opinion

As global markets crash and the world burns, leaders keep fiddling

12 Oct, 6:56pm 1

Maserati vehicles on the tarmac in Papua New Guinea. Photo: AAP

PNG splurges on Bentley limos for Apec summit in latest spending row

Government’s controversial order follows outrage over its earlier purchase of 40 Maseratis for the same event

16 Oct 2018 - 3:58pm 5 More on Pacific nations

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One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson. Photo: EPA

Australian government tries to explain ‘it’s OK to be white’ vote

16 Oct 2018 - 10:31pm 11

Bridges said the accusations were baseless, that he’d done nothing wrong, and that he welcomed a police investigation

Accusations about Chinese cash send New Zealand opposition into chaos

16 Oct 2018 - 10:33pm 6

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: Reuters

Will Australia follow Trump’s lead by moving its embassy in Israel?

16 Oct 2018 - 10:33pm 2

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his New Zealand counterpart Winston Peters hold a joint press conference after their talks in Wellington, New Zealand. Photo: Kyodo

Japan, New Zealand form united front on illicit transfers by N. Korean vessels

15 Oct 2018 - 5:48pm

Singer Lorde poses for photographers during an promotional event in Hong Kong. An Israeli court has ordered two New Zealand women to pay a fine for allegedly helping persuade the pop singer Lorde to cancel a performance in Israel. Photo: AP

New Zealanders fined for urging Lorde’s ‘Israeli boycott’ refuse to pay up

15 Oct 2018 - 10:01am

A kereru (wood pigeon) feeds on a bush in New Zealand. Photo: Hawke’s Bay Today

New Zealand’s bird of the year is a drunk and gluttonous pigeon

15 Oct 2018 - 9:49pm

Britiain's Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex are wave in a carriage during the Trooping of the Colour. The newlyweds arrived in Sydney on Monday for a two week visit to the region. Photo: EPA

Meghan and Harry arrive in Sydney, are expecting royal baby

15 Oct 2018 - 5:19pm 1

People take part in the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in Sydney, Australia. Photo: AFP

Australia to stop schools expelling gay students

14 Oct 2018 - 5:03pm

The settlements and hospital on the island of Nauru. Photo: AP

UN urges Australia to close detention centres in Nauru and PNG

13 Oct 2018 - 8:53pm 2

The victim’s ordeal took place in a hotel room overlooking the Sydney Harbour. Photo: AP

Chinese developer sentenced to jail in Australia for sexual assault

12 Oct 2018 - 9:25pm 6

Maserati vehicles on the tarmac in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Reuters

Papua New Guinea’s new Maserati fleet for Apec raises eyebrows

12 Oct 2018 - 5:07pm 3

In December 2017 the Grammy winning New Zealand pop star Lorde cancelled her planned June 2018 concert in Tel Aviv after a social media campaign sparked by an open letter from Sachs and Abu-Shanab. Photo: AP

Why Israel fined two New Zealand teens for their letter to popstar Lorde

12 Oct 2018 - 10:25am 1

The Sydney Opera House. Photo: AP

Australia floats ban on immigrants settling in major cities

9 Oct 2018 - 9:10pm 15

Compared with 23 other countries that hold similar data, Australia was second behind the United States for MDMA, cocaine, amphetamine and methylamphetamine use. Photo: Reuters

Outside Australia’s big cities, opioid consumption has doubled

9 Oct 2018 - 9:10pm 2

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called for abortion to be decriminalised. Photo: New Zealand Herald

Why activists say New Zealand’s abortion laws breach human rights

8 Oct 2018 - 10:00pm

US Marines aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard amphibious assault ship off the coast of Sydney. The head of the Marines in Australia was caught drink-driving in Darwin. Photo: Reuters

Top US commander in Australia caught drink-driving, stood down

8 Oct 2018 - 1:57pm 7

The Sydney Opera House in New South Wales, Australia. Photo: Reuters

Use of Sydney Opera House for horse racing ads sparks anger

6 Oct 2018 - 10:16pm

Australia is on track to eradicate cervical cancer thanks to the Gardasil vaccine. Photo: Handout

Australia set to eradicate cervical cancer within two decades

3 Oct 2018 - 5:32pm

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. EPA

Australia ditches ‘tampon tax’after sexism claims

3 Oct 2018 - 4:43pm

The guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur in the South China Sea. Photo: AP

Australia concerned by China’s ‘aggressive tactics’ in South China Sea

3 Oct 2018 - 2:18pm 19

Chief of surgery Mike O'Brien attends a press conference at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Photo: EPA

Bhutanese conjoined twins arrive in Australia for complex surgery

2 Oct 2018 - 6:00pm

A bull-rider during the rodeo at the annual Deni Ute Muster. Photo: AFP

Australian revellers celebrate the outback with beer and bull-riding

30 Sep 2018 - 9:56pm

From jaw-dropping property deals to political intrigue, here are three influential – and sometimes controversial – Chinese figures down under

Meet the Chinese businessmen making waves in Australia

30 Sep 2018 - 10:43am 8

Canberra has been thorough in examining its position on a rising China. London’s response is one of complacency verging on indifference

In China puzzle, Australia knows itself. The UK hasn’t a clue

29 Sep 2018 - 4:02pm 14

Ultra-wealthy Chinese are leaving a trail of dollars across Australia, boosting sectors from property and education to luxury goods – but not everyone is happy about it

Why China’s richest flock to Australia, even if they’re not always welcome

30 Sep 2018 - 10:44am 138

A placard outside the Banking Royal Commission. Photo: AFP

‘Greedy’' Australian banks pilloried by scathing official inquiry

28 Sep 2018 - 9:19pm

People are rescued from an Air Niugini plane which crashed in the waters in Weno, Chuuk, Micronesia on September 28, 2018. Photo: James Yaingeluo/Reuters

PNG plane overshoots Micronesia runway and sinks in lagoon

28 Sep 2018 - 9:19pm

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison eating a strawberry with Liberal MP Andrew Wallace at the Ashbern strawberry farm on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland on September 27, 2018. Photo: EPA

Singapore shop bans Australian strawberries after contamination scare

27 Sep 2018 - 10:00pm