Foreign Affairs
CIA snub on N Korea request
GREG SHERIDANIt is not often that the CIA makes a request of its close friend and ally Australia and gets knocked back.
Nations have relations, sort of
Rowan CallickWhile Australia retains diplomatic relations with North Korea, neither country has an embassy in the other’s capital.
Commies maintain the friendship
Rowan CallickKim Yong-un’s rogue state has an eclectic bunch of supporters.
Shark Norman circles Trump
Cameron StewartBefore he featured in an embarrassing White House phone call, Greg Norman and Donald Trump had a falling out.
Ciobo out to resolve China beef ban
Rowan CallickTrade Minister Steven Ciobo is hoping that talks in China will resolve a ban on imports from six Australian abattoirs.
ADF exercises have China jumpy
PRIMROSE RIORDANAustralia’s military has been accused by China’s official newspaper of ‘encircling’ the communist nation.
Bid to stem terror cash flow
PAUL MALEYThe government will establish an intelligence unit tasked with choking Islamic State’s funding in Southeast Asia.
EU seeks to fast-track trade pact
PRIMROSE RIORDANAustralia and New Zealand’s trade deals with the EU could be fast-tracked under proposed changes to be announced today.
N.Korea tests ‘particularly grave’
GEOFF CHAMBERSMalcolm Turnbull says Australia remains committed to “continued solidarity” with South Korea in the face of threats.
Ardern to revive refugees offer
Jamie WalkerNZ Labour leader Jacinda Ardern will renew the country’s offer to take refugees from Manus if the opposition wins.
Best candidate for ‘worst job’
Jamie WalkerNZ Labour’s Jacinda Ardern has taken the party from hopeless to high-flying as election nears.
ADF, South Korea to join forces
PRIMROSE RIORDAN, GREG BROWNAustralian and South Korean defence forces will work closely in response to the North Korean crisis.
Bid on parole conditions on hold
Matthew Ng does not need to be supervised in the community, a Sydney court was told.
‘Political prisoner’ parole bid
Rowan CallickMatthew Ng will appeal in the Federal Court today to have strict parole conditions lifted.
‘Release Kerr letters for case’
TROY BRAMSTONBuckingham Palace has consented to the release of correspondence with John Kerr following the 1975 dismissal.
‘We’ll help Aussies in firing line’
PRIMROSE RIORDAN, CAMERON STEWARTJulie Bishop has revealed there are ‘contingency plans’ in place to protect Australian citizens in South Korea.
‘Trade war leads to recession’
PRIMROSE RIORDANAustralia has lodged protests with North Korean embassies and warned of imminent ‘catastrophe’ on the Korean peninsula.
N Korea top of talks for PM, Joko
Sam Buckingham-JonesNorth Korea and the threat it poses to the Asia-Pacific dominated a phone call between Malcolm Turnbull and Joko Widodo today.
Queen can keep letters private
TROY BRAMSTONThe Queen has the ultimate ownership of private letters with former governor-general John Kerr.
