Australia says it looks forward to engaging with France again but experts say submarine decision was ‘deeply humiliating’ for ParisFrance recalls ambassadors to US and Australia after Aukus pactAustralia has said it “notes with regret” France’s extraor…
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The Tampa affair, 20 years on: the ship that capsized Australia’s refugee policy
When a Norwegian freighter rescued 433 asylum seekers from a sinking vessel en route to Christmas Island, it sparked a crisis that led to hardline border policies and indelibly shifted the response to boat arrivalsEven to Abbas Nazari’s disoriented sev…
Afghanistan live news: UK MPs debate crisis as former Afghan president meets Taliban commander
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NSW Covid update: entire state in lockdown as premier warns ‘this is literally a war’
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