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China accuses Australia of ‘barbaric’ raids of journalists’ homes

China-Australia relations

Video | Chinese journalists’ homes raided in Australia

10 Sep 2020 - 11:05AM

Video | Chinese-Australian voters

17 May 2019 - 12:49PM

Australia has a fake news problem on WeChat and wants Tencent’s help

20 Sep 2019 - 9:03AM

Australia passes law banning covert foreign interference in politics

The conservative government says the legislation is the major cause of a rift in diplomatic relations with China

28 Jun 2018 - 9:42PM

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attends an Australia China Business Council (ACBC), 2018 Canberra Networking Day event at Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: EPA

China-Australia relations

Australia’s foreign meddling laws aimed at China could take effect soon

Media reported last week that two bills were the result of a classified report that found the Chinese Communist Party had tried to influence policy, compromise political parties and gain access to all levels of government

8 Jun 2018 - 9:37PM

PM Turnbull gets the finger for bad Aussie pub etiquette

Police said a ‘man became abusive to a group at the bar due to [Turnbull] being served before him’

18 May 2018 - 4:10PM

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Review | China has insidious influence on Australian politics, book claims

China’s influence on Chinese-Australians and Australian politics comes under scrutiny in new book by Clive Hamilton, whose argument is weakened by claims that major Hong Kong companies are beholden to Beijing and his belief that Chinese-Australians shouldn’t engage in politics in their own country

11 May 2018 - 7:31AM

China’s influence in Australian politics comes under scrutiny in Silent Invasion by Clive Hamilton.

Five Australian MPs quit parliament because of this 117-year old law

Five Australian lawmakers were forced from Parliament on Wednesday in an ongoing legal wrangle over a constitutional ban on dual citizens standing for election.

9 May 2018 - 9:48PM

Australia’s PM may be feeling a little awkward right now

9 Apr 2018 - 9:08PM

Former Australian PM Abbott hints at ambition to return

27 Mar 2018 - 3:07PM

Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott. Photo: EPA

Australia has a new deputy PM after sex scandal

26 Feb 2018 - 11:00PM

Former deputy prime minister was forced to resign amid claims of sexual harassment and controversy over an affair with a now-pregnant former aide

Should Australian PM Turnbull school Trump on successful gun control?

The country has some of the world’s toughest laws, introduced after a gunman killed 35 people on the island state of Tasmania in 1996

24 Feb 2018 - 10:31PM

Australian deputy PM Joyce to quit amid new harassment claims

His decision came after a new allegation of sexual harassment was made by an unidentified individual

23 Feb 2018 - 10:51PM

Australian PM plays nice with China before jetting off to meet Trump

22 Feb 2018 - 9:55PM

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull waves as he boards a plane in Sydney bound for the US, where he will meet President Donald Trump. Photo: EPA

Australian lawmaker slammed for gun range photo on Facebook

19 Feb 2018 - 10:20PM

George Christensen posted a photo on Facebook on Saturday, February 17, 2018 showing him at a shooting range with the comment: ‘You gotta ask yourself, do you feel lucky, greenie punks?’ Photo: Facebook

Australian PM Turnbull and Deputy Joyce meet to resolve row

17 Feb 2018 - 10:59PM

Australia’s PM and his deputy are arguing over sex

16 Feb 2018 - 1:00PM

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Australia bans sex between government ministers and staff

15 Feb 2018 - 3:33PM

Australia's Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce has admitted to an affair with 33-year-old former staff member Vikki Campion, who used to work in his office, leaving his shattered wife of 24 years and their four daughters. Photo: Facebook

Australian deputy PM’s own party is urging him to quit over affair

Newspapers revealed last week that he and his former media adviser are expecting a baby together, and the scandal has angered many within his conservative, rural-based party

14 Feb 2018 - 8:54PM

Pressure mounts on Australia’s deputy PM over affair

13 Feb 2018 - 9:30PM

Aboriginal activists revive lost language for state election campaign

4 Feb 2018 - 10:11PM

Aboriginal peformers, dressed in traditional bodypaint, peform a welcoming ceremony. Photo: Reuters

Australia’s national secrets revealed in two old filing cabinets

31 Jan 2018 - 8:43PM

Australia’s capital Canberra, and the country’s Parliament House.

China-Australia relations

How China influences Australian society and monitors students

31 Jan 2018 - 9:51PM

How America wrote the rule book on ‘foreign agents’

America’s recent move to have RT register as a foreign agent relates to a 1938 law, with Russia and Australia taking copycat action. If Hong Kong was to do the same, it would only be following the master player

22 Dec 2017 - 7:33PMvideocam

Australian government scrapes through by-election test

16 Dec 2017 - 7:29PM

New Liberal member for Bennelong John Alexander watches Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull celebrate the by-election victory at the West Ryde Leagues Club. Photo: EPA

Turnbull’s leadership on the line as by-election decides majority

16 Dec 2017 - 9:21PM

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s parliamentary majority is to be decided by the by-election of a small, outer Sydney seat. Photo: EPA

Australian gay couples could spend US$490m on weddings in 2018

8 Dec 2017 - 10:54PM

Australian parliament passes gay marriage bill in landslide vote

7 Dec 2017 - 10:05PM

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