Solomons’ pro-China leader Manasseh Sogavare steps down after ‘awful’ election result smh.com.au/politics/feder…

I walked part of the Kokoda Track this week with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese & his PNG counterpart James Marape. He’s what I saw smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Two Labor MPs have called for the government to re-open the Australian embassy in Kyiv, saying the refusal to do so when 60+ other countries did so long ago is “perplexing” and sends a bad message smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Albanese says the entire world wants a two-state solution. But do Israelis and Palestinians? smh.com.au/politics/feder…

‘We need to build the pathway’: Wong steps up debate on Palestinian statehood smh.com.au/politics/feder…

What a tremendous stint by Eryk Bagshaw who expected to be a foreign correspondent in Beijing but was refused a visa. First in Canberra, and then in Singapore, he became an authority in China anyway, and did brilliant reporting on the rest of North Asia smh.com.au/world/asia/chi…

Israel dismisses two army officers, reprimands a commander for the operation that killed seven aid workers including Australian Zomi Frankcom. The Australian government is not yet satisfied by what it has heard smh.com.au/politics/feder…

What life is actually like in Xinjiang, according to Ughyur torture and imprisonment survivors smh.com.au/politics/feder…

‘Zomi would be heartbroken if her death prevented aid from being given to those in need’ smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Australia set to pump $5b into UK submarine industry smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Several Palestinians fleeing the war in Gaza who were devastated after their visas were cancelled while en route to Australia have again been granted permission to travel to the country smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Defence wanted to slash the number of Australian troops serving in Iraq but was rolled by John Howard's department in late 2003. Report on the secret, then missing, cabinet papers with Shane Wright smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Is AUKUS dead in the water at the one year mark? smh.com.au/politics/feder…

A surprise Oscars appearance from… AUKUS? smh.com.au/culture/movies…

Australia working to resume UNRWA funding after October 7 allegations smh.com.au/world/middle-e…

How Democrats Can Win Anywhere and Everywhere nytimes.com/2024/03/03/opi…

Why the navy is acquiring a ‘ghost fleet’ of drone boats smh.com.au/politics/feder…

More firepower, new drone boats: Australia’s $11 billion navy upgrade revealed smh.com.au/politics/feder…

“Stephen Hill talked to Professor Greg Barton of Deakin University about what the likely election of Prabowo Subianto means for the state of Indonesian democracy.”
⁦⁦Alfred Deakin Institute⁩ ⁦Greg Barton @gregbarton.bsky.social⁩ thewire.org.au/story/prabowo-…

Nine months until the election - anything can happen etc - but if Biden loses to Trump, this may well be the moment people agree it was game over for him