Scott Morrison says athletes will compete in next year’s Games because sport and politics should not mixGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe prime minister, Scott Morrison, has confirmed Australian officials will not attend the Beij…
Dog noises, name calling, claims of abuse: a week of shame in Australian politics
Despite a review finding one in three parliamentary staffers have been sexually harassed, behaviour inside the building shows no sign of improvementAllegations of abuse and accusations of widespread sexism. Bullying and harassment particularly of women…
‘Someone lied’: French foreign minister accuses Australia of submarine betrayal in latest broadside
Jean-Yves Le Drian says Australia reassured France everything was fine right up to the day the Aukus pact was announcedGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFrance has accused Australia of lying shortly before Canberra cancelled a major …
US has ‘no closer ally than Australia’, says Biden after Aukus pact
US president and Australian PM welcome new security ties after deal that has infuriated FranceJoe Biden and the Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, have welcomed their new security ties after last week’s announcement that Washington would provid…
Making waves in the Pacific: how Boris Johnson’s Global Britain went rogue
Defence pact with Australia and the US increases chance of confrontation with China and spurs nuclear proliferationLife got a little more dangerous last week. It wasn’t due to the pandemic or the climate crisis. It was entirely the result of the consci…
‘We thought we were mates’: French ambassador laments subterfuge en route to Sydney airport
Jean-Pierre Thebault was angry about Aukus as he left Australia on Saturday night, saying: ‘It’s like in a couple, you know, when you commit … you don’t run away’Australia ‘regrets’ France’s recall of ambassadorGet our free news app; get our morning em…
The nuclear option: why has Australia ditched the French submarine plan for the Aukus pact?
Just two weeks before the bombshell, senior ministers from both countries met and declared they were ‘committed to cooperation’. How did it all go so wrong?Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingJust two weeks before France complained of …
In hindsight there was no foresight: how Australia bungled its Pfizer Covid deal
Missed opportunities, gaps in correspondence and a failure to plan ahead. If this was a vaccine race, did Australia fall at the first hurdle?Restrictions: NSW; Vic; bordersNSW Covid vaccination rate by postcode – check your suburbVaccine rollout tracke…
Scott Morrison got to see his kids on Father’s Day and everyone is furious at him all the time now | First Dog on the Moon
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Australia is ‘more and more isolated’ on climate, former EU trade commissioner says
Cecilia Malmström warned climate change is an urgent global crisis and Australia, as a big economy and big emitter, needs to do moreGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe former European Union trade commissioner, Cecilia Malmström, ha…