Journalist jailed in China for 3 years describes standing in sunlight for just 10 hours each yearCheng, 48, moved with her family to Australia at age 10. She returned to China to work for the international department of state broadcaste...
11 Aug, 2023, 09.51 AM IST
Russia accuses Australia of ''Russophobic hysteria'' for blocking second embassy on security grounds"Australia, having cancelled the lease agreement for the site for the construction of the new Russian Embassy building, diligently continue...
16 Jun, 2023, 01.02 PM IST
Australian minister Karen Andrews accuses China of election interferenceKaren Andrews, who is responsible for the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the nation's main domestic spy agency, and has acc...
27 Apr, 2022, 02.33 PM IST
Chinese navy laser lights up Australian military aircraft, Canberra saysA P-8A Poseidon - a maritime patrol aircraft - detected a laser emanating from a People's Liberation Army - Navy (PLA-N) vessel, the Defenc...
19 Feb, 2022, 03.29 PM IST
Australia to seek part in China-EU trade row at WTOChina has downgraded diplomatic ties with Lithuania and pressured multinationals to sever links with the Baltic nation of 2.8 million peopl...
29 Jan, 2022, 11.43 AM IST
Australia PM Morrison loses control of WeChat Chinese account as election loomsAmid growing diplomatic tensions with China, Australia's two major political parties have used the social media platform, owned by Chinese ...
24 Jan, 2022, 10.02 AM IST
Australia joins US diplomatic boycott of Beijing OlympicsCanberra's decision comes amid "disagreement" with China over a slew of issues, from Australia's foreign interference laws to a recent deci...
08 Dec, 2021, 07.39 AM IST
China goes on defensive after Abbotts India trip to push trade dealAbott, who was in New Delhi last week, pitched for expediting the India-Australia trade deal. And in an opinion piece published in The Aust...
11 Aug, 2021, 08.58 AM IST
Australia asks China to explain 'economic coercion' threat in coronavirus rowAustralia's call for a probe into the pandemic, which originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December, has angered China, its l...
28 Apr, 2020, 04.21 PM IST
Australia's privacy watchdog sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica breachThe commission alleges the personal information of Australian Facebook users was disclosed without their permission to an app called "This ...
09 Mar, 2020, 11.31 PM IST
Australia sues Facebook, alleges breach of user dataIn the Federal Court lawsuit, the Australian Information Commissioner accused Facebook of breaching privacy law by disclosing 311,127 users...
09 Mar, 2020, 02.34 PM IST
US admiral says Indo-Pacific is standing up against China``Through excessive territorial claims, debt-trap diplomacy, violations of international agreements, theft of intellectual property, milita...
13 Feb, 2020, 11.30 AM IST
Australia shows the way in controlling foreign funding of political partiesLast December an Australian MP from the Labour Party had to quit following a scandal linked to growing Chinese influence in Canberra.
01 Apr, 2018, 10.09 AM IST
China to reorganise propaganda efforts at home and abroadThe changes are part of a larger overhaul of government functions that will also see an increased role for the United Front Work Department.
21 Mar, 2018, 06.49 PM IST
China slams Australia amid growing foriegn interfernce fearsPrime Minister Malcom Turnbull on Tuesday announced wide-ranging reforms to tackle rising concerns of foreign interference, noting "disturb...
06 Dec, 2017, 07.09 PM IST
- 'Political interference in Haneef's case'
Civil libertarians in Australia on Saturday said any inquiry into the bungled prosecution of Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef, who was cleared ...
28 Jul, 2007, 10.29 AM IST
- Our MPs play cricket better, chase Chappell
Greg Chappell’s intemperate remarks on parliamentarians provided an opening for the political class to intrude into the management of crick...
28 Nov, 2006, 03.18 AM IST