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The Australian Labor Party’s Foreign Policy No Longer Matches the World’s Realities

The party's platform clings to the U.S. alliance while ignoring its own commitment to self-reliance and the opportunities of the Asia-Pacific.

Australia must be more self-reliant – but it can’t afford to throw the US baby out with the bathwater | Arthur Sinodinos

Even under Trump, the American system of alliances is fundamental for Indo-Pacific security. That means staying the course on joint initiatives such as AukusGet our breaking news e...

Australia’s Foreign Minister Makes Critical Visits to Northeast Asia

Stopping in Japan, South Korea, and China, Foreign Minister Penny Wong met with three of Australia’s four largest trading partners. 

NZ’s foreign policy blind spot is becoming harder to defend

Australia turns to Asia for fuel and security as U.S. distracted

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his ministers have been in close contact with key Asian trading partners in order to maintain fuel shipments amid global supply disruptions.

Australia’s View of the Evolving Quad

Canberra’s position – that Indo-Pacific stability depends not only on military deterrence, but also on the protection of trade flows, energy supplies, critical technologies, and ec...

Reasserting Public Scrutiny Over Indonesia’s Foreign Policy

At a time when Jakarta's foreign policy decisions are particularly consequential and sometimes controversial, public scrutiny of them has strangely diminished.

Australia eyes security pact with Fiji as pushback from Beijing undermines agreement with Vanuatu

Foreign minister Penny Wong visits Fiji this week to progress the security and economic agreementFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email,...

2026 Australian National Defence Strategy

The following is the 2026 Australian Government National Defence Strategy, released on April 16, 2026. From the report Australia’s strategic environment The deteriorating trends in...

Australia and Japan expand ties with focus on economic security

Penny Wong calls failed peace talks between US and Iran ‘disappointing’ and urges resumption

Australia’s foreign affairs minister says priority ‘must be to continue the ceasefire and return to negotiations’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustrali...

Australia Reaffirms Reliable Partnership With India During 17th Framework Dialogue

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong reaffirmed Australia’s commitment to being a reliable partner for India during the 17th Foreign Ministers’ Framework Dialogue with External A...

Australia has been a sanctuary from the populist right’s onslaught. Is it now living on borrowed time?

Australia has been averse to ideological extremes but, after two decades of growing inequality and public policy stasis, the country’s robust democratic formula is facing challenge...

Australia’s New National Defense Strategy Feels Written for a Bygone Era

It ignores the elephant in the room: an unreliable and unruly United States.

Takaichi Sanae’s Canberra Visit

A new era of ‘like-minded partnerships’

Japan vows to deepen defense ties with Australia at Nikkei forum in Perth

Australia’s immigration powers are already godlike. So why does Angus Taylor want them to be Trump-like too? | Abul Rizv...

Taylor provides few details on how his immigration plan would work. Is showing he can outdo Pauline Hanson’s rhetoric the main objective?Some Australians might agree in principle w...

Why Hasn’t China Criticized Australia’s National Defense Strategy?

Unlike in 2024, China sees an opportunity to influence Australia. That has led Beijing to refrain from criticism.

Australian foreign minister to raise energy security on Asia tour

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Sunday she will tour Japan, China and South Korea this week to shore up trade and energy ties as an oil supply…

What is in Angus Taylor’s new immigration plan, and is it inspired by Trump’s approach in the US?

The Coalition’s hardline policy is ‘thin on substance and quite big on symbolics’, according to one expert. What details are missing?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily...

Taylor’s Trumpian immigration pitch is aimed at fighting One Nation – but puts Australia’s identity at stake

The Coalition might be in opposition to Labor but it is hoping to stem its loss of voters to Pauline Hanson Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt was not lo...

American war strategy and the need for independence

America's increasingly flaky military strategy under successive regimes stresses the importance of Australia going its own way, suggestsWilliam Briggs.IN LATE 2024, in the dying da...

‘Neighbours matter more than ever’: China, Australia vow more contact amid global tension

China and Australia should intensify exchanges on energy security amid complex global geopolitics, Canberra said on Tuesday as spillover from the US-Israel war against Iran continu...

Australian spy plane operators in Middle East not sharing intel with US for offensive operations, defence boss says

Information on drones and other threats being shared but defence chief confirms crew taking ‘active steps’ to only contribute to defensive actionsGet our breaking news email, free...