Marise Payne

The Australian federal government and major telecommunications firm Telstra have pulled the trigger on a $1.6 billion (AU$2.1 billion) takeover of a dominant South Pacific mobile telecom business amid ongoing ...

Australia will invest $25.6 million (US$18.51 million) over the next four years to assist young Australian professionals in ...

The United States will look to increase troop and military aircraft rotations in Australia as cooperation between the ...

The Australian government has made it easier for overseas workers to enter the country to fill labour shortages ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said every Australian has a responsibility to address the problem with the culture that ...

Australia is looking to deepen ties across the Indo-pacific with Foreign Minister Marise Payne and the Minister of ...

Australia is considering an ambitious sporting diplomacy mission to deepen engagement in the South Pacific region, amid increasing ...

Newly introduced Magnitsky laws that give the federal government the power to sanction overseas human rights violators will ...

In a one-two punch, Australian members of Parliament from both sides of the aisle have thrown their support ...

Leaders from nine Pacific Island nations have vowed to deepen their relationship with Beijing, fight the pandemic, and ...

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne is abroad for two weeks shoring up Australian interests amid the pandemic and ...

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has taken aim at Beijing’s efforts to “buy influence” and “pick off” individual ...

Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton has declared that the country will not surrender its sovereignty to appease Beijing ...

The foreign ministers of Australia and New Zealand (NZ) met in person for the first time in Wellington ...

Australian iron ore exporters aren't feeling any effects of Beijing's ongoing economic sanctions against Australian exports, as China’s ...

U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has applauded the Australian government’s decision to axe the controversial Belt and Road Initiative agreement ...

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne on April 21 officially canceled the state of Victoria's controversial Belt and Road ...

Australian Uyghurs have rallied in front of the federal parliament in Canberra on Monday, calling for the Australian ...

Australia has appointed a former senior army officer, Roger Noble, as its ambassador for counter-terrorism. Noble, who most ...

Australia and 55 other countries, including the United States and the UK, have launched a declaration against the ...

Australian journalist Cheng Lei was formally arrested in China on Feb. 5 on suspicion of illegally supplying state ...

Australia has pledged support to Fiji after the island nation was devastated by Tropical Cyclone (TC) Yasa, one ...

The Australian government has been given new powers to void deals with foreign nations that aren’t in Australia’s ...

The Chinese regime has, to its own detriment, chosen to reaffirm—not apologise for—a "repugnant" tweet by a top ...

Australia's transport union, the TWU, will meet on Thursday to discuss boycotting state-owned Qatar Airways following an incident ...

Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne said on Tuesday that enhanced Indo-Pacific cooperation was vital for recovering ...

The Quad alliance made up of foreign ministers from Australia, the United States, India, and Japan will convene ...