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A file picture dated March 2014 shows asylum seekers behind a fence at the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea. Australia and PNG agreed to close the detention centre following a decision by the PNG Supreme Court declaring it unconstitutional, but many refugees still remain there. Photo: EPA
Australia

Australia urged to act as refugee health crisis intensifies in Papua New Guinea

A report by an asylum seeker support group found one-fifth of the remaining refugees are “so unwell their lives were at imminent risk”.

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Business of climate change

How Australia is emerging as the world’s leading green hydrogen destination

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Australia

In Australia, planes are left to land, take-off alone amid staffing crisis

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Australia

Australian community feasts on crocodile that ate dogs, terrorised locals

Police said the reptile ended up as the main ingredient in various meals prepared for a traditional feast in Northern Territory’s Bulla.

Northern Territory police shot and killed the crocodile on June 11. Photo: Facebook/NTPFES
Australia

My Take | Playing defence Mini-Me for the US will cost Australia dearly

The complaint by Canberra about the latest Chinese military flare-up close to China’s coast is not only hypocritical but highly escalatory.

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Australia

As nickel prices plunge globally, Australia scrambles to save its mining sector

Canberra has placed nickel in its critical minerals list, which allows industry players access to billions of dollars.

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Australia pledges aid to East Timor in bid to boost diplomatic ties in region

Canberra pledged A$35 million (US$23 million) for East Timor’s policing services and A$4 million to help Timorese workers integrate in Australia, as part of its commitment to boost ties in the Pacific region amid China’s growing influence.

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East Timor’s national flag is about to be raised in Dili in 2022, during a ceremony marking its 20th anniversary of independence. Photo: Kyodo
Australia

Australia to ban vape imports as minister says ‘children are becoming addicted’

A government statement said about one in seven children aged 14-17 uses vapes, and young Australians who vape are about three times more likely to take up tobacco smoking.

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China-Australia relations

Exclusive | Canberra ‘will not oppose’ China’s CPTPP trade-pact bid

China has been trying to gain entry into the Asia-Pacific trade pact for two years, and Australia says it will ‘consider China’s application on its merits’ as bilateral ties warm.

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Australia

Australia’s Albanese to visit China to meet Xi; WTO wine dispute resolved

Albanese’s trip comes as China agreed to suspend a festering World Trade Organization dispute sparked by hefty tariffs on Australian wine.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at a news conference in Berlin, Germany in July. Photo: AP
Australia

Australia says port lease to Chinese firm won’t be cancelled after review

The announcement the agreement would not be varied or axed comes ahead of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s expected visit to China this year.

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Landbridge won a bidding process in 2015 to operate the Darwin port in a deal worth US$390 million. Photo: Shutterstock
Australia

Letters | As Australia boosts its defence capabilities, will its young volunteer for war?

Readers discuss Canberra’s efforts to boost the country’s defence capabilities, and the scourge of armed conflict.

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Australia

Thousands in Australia rally for struggling indigenous recognition referendum

About 20,000 people in Brisbane attended a rally in support of the ‘Voice to Parliament’ proposal, with events also scheduled across other Australian cities.

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Ahead of Australia’s Voice vote, ‘false information’ swirls among Malaysians

‘Not comparing apples and apples’: some people are incorrectly linking Canberra’s coming indigenous ‘voice’ referendum to Kuala Lumpur’s 1970s emphasis on ethnic Malays, say experts.

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A woman in Melbourne walks past posters advocating for a voice for indigenous peoples. Photo: AFP
Tourism

Is this Australia’s best off-road adventure? Wild times in the Kimberley

A family’s 4x4 camping trip along the Gibb River Road through Australia’s northwest offers pristine wilderness, unique animals, wild swimming, and a chance to connect with Aboriginal art and culture.

Camping along the Gibb River Road. A trip through The Kimberley, in Australia’s northwest, reveals incredible scenery, Indigenous art and culture, and unique animals. Photo: Caroline Beasley
Australia

3 US marines dead on Australia island after plane crash during war drills

Several Osprey aircraft – a mix between a helicopter and a plane – have crashed over the years, in the US and elsewhere. Last month, four Australians died when their Taipan helicopter plunged into the sea during multinational war games in Queensland.

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Australia

What a refugee’s long ‘Walk for Freedom’ reveals about Australian asylum policy

Neil Para’s family fled civil war in Sri Lanka and have been trapped in Australia for nearly a decade after their visas were revoked without explanation.

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Australia’s defence department charged after 2 soldiers mauled by crocodile

The badly injured servicemen were hospitalised after escaping from the jaws of the reptile that attacked in 2021 when they went for a swim in northeastern Australia.

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A crocodile mauled two soldiers when they went for a swim in infested waters in northeastern Australia. File photo: SCMP
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Opinion | Death knell sounds for Australian diplomacy in the region

The degree of US-Australia military integration agreed on suggests decisions around regional conflicts will be made by Washington and rubber stamped by Canberra. This will have a major impact on the way Australia is able to shape its relationship with Asia, particularly China.

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Australia

New deal revives Australia-Singapore undersea power cable plan

The project has been touted as among initiatives that could help Asia’s fossil-fuel dominated economies – particularly space constrained nations.

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Australia says relief package won’t fuel inflation due to ‘targeted’ nature

Canberra is fighting rising living costs by allocating nearly US$10.1 billion over the next four years to relief efforts for Australians, but some analysts believe the spending will fuel inflation.

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Canberra is fighting rising living costs by allocating billions to relief efforts for Australians, but some analysts believe the spending will fuel inflation. Photo: Shutterstock
Indonesia

Cyclone strands Indonesian fishermen on remote desert island for 6 days

One of their fishing boats ran aground a week ago on a bare, sandy outcrop some 300km off Australia’s west coast. The other sank, with the only known survivor spending 30 hours at sea before washing ashore on the same islet.

Fishermen from Indonesia stand on a beach on Bedwell Island, more than 300km off the coast of Australia, on Monday. Photo: Australian Maritime Safety Authority via AP
Asia housing and property

The View | A property bust in Australia and a boom in Singapore? Look closer

The woes of Australia’s housing market are typically viewed through the lens of Sydney and Melbourne, which ignores developments in Western Australia. Meanwhile, bullish narratives, such as those around the fate of Singapore’s office market, also need to be treated with caution.

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Opinion | Why Australia’s north is gaining strategic importance amid US-China rivalry

Australia’s Northern Territory is already the focus of significant defence investment and a sizeable US military presence, and will remain strategically important.

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Opinion | Sun Cable setback not the end of Australia’s renewable energy export dreams

Developments show Australia still can attract enterprising and ambitious developers to exploit natural resources in a discovery process likely to benefit everyone.

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A solar farm in Australia. Sun Cable announced this week it had entered voluntary administration following “the absence of alignment” with shareholders. Photo: Shutterstock
Australia

‘China has been your friend’: envoy warns Australia to ‘be careful’ of Japan

Japan ‘invaded Australia’ and ‘killed Australians’ during World War II, Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian said on Tuesday, cautioning against trusting the East Asian nation.

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A US warship patrols off the coast of Darwin in northern Australia after a Japanese airstrike in 1942. The smoke column on the left is from an exploding Australian ship said to have been loaded with bombs. Photo: AP
Australia

Monkey sex, toilet beer, a ‘bachelor’s handbag’: Asia’s oddest stories in 2022

What do monkey sex, flavoured condoms, and a ‘bachelor’s handbag’ have in common? All made our list for strangest Asia stories of 2022.

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China-Australia relations

Xi-Albanese meeting signals thaw in China-Australia ties

Half-hour meeting between Chinese and Australian leaders at the G20 summit in Bali achieved no breakthroughs on points of contention ranging from trade to human rights and national security concerns.

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