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New Zealand
Farmers in New Zealand fight pine forests to save sheep pasture
Pine plantations earn subsidies to soak up carbon emissions, but concern over the farm-to-forest project led to a moratorium on any new conversions.
27 Jul 2025 - 6:24PM
Australia
Australia raises steaks with Trump, drops beef import curbs to win deal
24 Jul 2025 - 10:45AM
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Australia
Trump review looms as Australia makes US$525 million Aukus payment
23 Jul 2025 - 5:10PM
Pacific nations
Australia, US push Pacific deterrence amid China’s security overtures
Analysts note the significance of Papua New Guinea and Fiji’s unprecedented involvement in this year’s ‘Olympics of war games’.
23 Jul 2025 - 2:52PM
A servicemen wears a badge displaying the emblem of the 2025 Talisman Sabre exercise in Sydney earlier this month. Photo: AFP
Australia
Ex-Australian PM to address China’s ‘economic coercion’ at US House committee
Scott Morrison will be highlighting China’s ‘persistent and pernicious’ economic pressure tactics against democracies.
19 Jul 2025 - 5:38PM
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Australia
Australian killer dies without revealing location of UK backpacker’s body
Bradley Murdoch died in palliative care as police offered US$325,675 reward to anyone sharing details that lead to the discovery of Falconio’s remains.
16 Jul 2025 - 12:51PM
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Australia
Australia fires its first US-made Himars rocket system
It fired the rocket system during its joint live-fire exercise involving the US, Singapore, Japan, France and South Korea.
14 Jul 2025 - 5:34PM
Himars rockets are fired by Australian, US and Singapore defence forces as part of the Talisman Sabre joint war fighting exercise. Up to 40,000 troops from 19 nations are taking part in the exercise. Photo: Reuters
Australia
Australia’s largest-ever military drill under way, Chinese spy ships expected
Chinese military have observed these biennial exercises since 2017, but this year’s drills coincide with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to China.
14 Jul 2025 - 11:59AM
China-Australia relations
China trade or Philippine defence ties? Why Australia attempts to balance both
While seeking stable ties with its largest trading partner, Australia must also ‘maintain credibility as a regional stabiliser’, analysts say.
14 Jul 2025 - 9:48AM
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France
France, New Caledonia reach ‘historic’ statehood deal; citizens to remain French
After years of deadlock and violence, France and New Caledonia agreed to create a ‘State of New Caledonia’ within France, granting residents a new nationality concept.
12 Jul 2025 - 7:23PM
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Australia
In US-China tug of war, Australia puts itself first
With one eye on the past and the other on the Asia-Pacific’s future, Australia’s prime minister is championing sovereignty in an uncertain age.
17 Jul 2025 - 1:51PM
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Australia
In Australia, a German backpacker is found after 12 days missing
Carolina Wilga, 26, was found ‘ravaged by mosquitoes’ on a bush track at the edge of a nature reserve.
11 Jul 2025 - 8:50PM
Australia
Trump’s threat to slam pharmaceuticals with 200% tariffs rattles Australia
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Canberra is ‘urgently seeking’ more detail on the US president’s plan.
9 Jul 2025 - 1:50PM
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Australia
Australian chef says it’s ‘upsetting’ her recipe used in mushroom murders
Patterson tweaked chef Nagi Maehashi’s recipe when baking a poisonous beef dish that killed three people in 2023.
9 Jul 2025 - 10:00AM
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Australia
She served them death: Australian woman found guilty of mushroom murders
Erin Patterson was convicted on Monday of murdering her in-laws with death cap mushrooms, ending a trial that had gripped Australia.
8 Jul 2025 - 12:54PM
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Erin Patterson arrives at court in the back of a prison transport vehicle. Photo: AFP
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Australia’s Albanese to address Darwin Port sale on China visit
The prime minister, after stating the Chinese-owned port should be sold to a domestic entity, will explain his country’s stance during trip.
7 Jul 2025 - 6:32PM
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Australian court charges alleged Melbourne synagogue arsonist
Angelo Loras, 34, was charged with arson, endangering life and property damage. He was also charged with possessing a ‘controlled weapon’.
6 Jul 2025 - 5:00PM
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Australia
Arson hits Australian synagogue amid surge in antisemitic attacks
A wave of antisemitic attacks has roiled the country since the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023.
5 Jul 2025 - 2:57PM
Rabbi Dovid Gutnick stands outside the damaged exterior of the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation in Melbourne. Photo: AAP/dpa
Australia
Chinese ambassador’s ‘grandstanding’ advice for Australia raises eyebrows
Xiao Qian has criticised some countries that have ‘hyped up the so-called China threat narrative’ and sharply raised their defence spending.
5 Jul 2025 - 10:00AM
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Australian man dies after contracting ‘extremely rare’ virus from bat bite
According to officials in New South Wales, the victim was bitten by a bat carrying Australian bat lyssavirus several months ago.
3 Jul 2025 - 3:02PM
Australia
Australia cancels Kanye West visa over ‘Heil Hitler’ song
The cancelled visa is a ‘lower level’ one and was not intended for holding concerts.
2 Jul 2025 - 6:33PM
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Lafufu? Australian consumer watchdog warns of fake Labubu toys online
Consumer protection agency in New South Wales points out differences in the products, urges fans to buy from legitimate businesses online.
2 Jul 2025 - 5:41PM
A woman posing for a picture next to the character Labubu as she visits Pop Mart’s theme park Pop Land in Beijing. The pointy-eared, sharp-toothed dolls have attained cult status. Photo: AFP
Pacific nations
Fiji rejects idea of Chinese military bases in Pacific islands
‘If they want to come, who would welcome them?’ Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said on Wednesday. ‘Not Fiji’.
2 Jul 2025 - 2:37PM
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Australia
Europeans committed genocide against indigenous Australians, inquiry finds
The explosive report details mass killings, forced child removals and cultural suppression, calling for government compensation.
2 Jul 2025 - 1:15PM
Pacific nations
Tiny Pacific nations fear US travel bans. Why?
Tuvalu, Tonga and Vanuatu all appeared on a list of nations facing new visa curbs. A US official says Washington has ‘valid concerns’.
2 Jul 2025 - 4:38PM
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