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AFP launches investigation into flotilla activists’ rape, abuse claims against Israel
Foreign Minister Penny Wong met with four Global Sumud flotilla participants in Canberra alongside senior AFP officers to hear their allegations.
- Matthew Knott
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Israel lashes Australia for ‘disgraceful’ sanctions on extremist settlers
Foreign Minister Penny Wong and her counterparts from France, the UK, Canada and Norway said: “For too long, violent settlers have been able to act with near impunity.”
- Matthew Knott
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Wong says she believes Australian activists were sexually abused by Israeli soldiers
The foreign minister defended her feminist credentials in a fiery Senate exchange in which she said she was open to meeting the flotilla activists.
- Matthew Knott
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‘Disgraceful’: Israeli ambassador condemns minister over shocking flotilla video
Hillel Newman has condemned Itamar Ben-Gvir’s actions in the video, but explained that internal politics means the country’s national security minister is unlikely to suffer any consequences.
- Nick Newling and Bronte Gossling
China accused of using diplomatic theft to freeze Australia out in Pacific
China is intensifying its efforts to expand its influence in the Pacific and stymie a $500 million treaty deal between Australia and Vanuatu.
- Matthew Knott
Speaking the region’s language: Why fluency is our new front line
With university enrolments in South-East Asian languages in freefall, Labor is investing in the migrant-run weekend schools that have kept these tongues alive.
- Rob Harris
Prime Minister’s backdown on gas tax comes at a cost
For too long, gas companies have got away with paying a pittance for what they send overseas. It’s time for the government to act.
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Wong confirms China negotiating on jet fuel supplies
Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed the breakthrough after a day of meetings in Beijing, including one disrupted by Chinese officials attempting to remove the media.
- Lisa Visentin
Wong warns IS families they could be arrested on arrival in Australia
News that a group of four women and nine children have arrived in Damascus and hope to fly to Australia within days has added urgency to the question of how the group should be dealt with.
- Paul Sakkal and Mostafa Rachwani
Albanese offers Brunei food for fertiliser, fuel as farmers stop planting
The prime minister has used Australia’s food exports in a bid to boost fuel and fertiliser imports, as up to half of the nation’s grain growers may not plant a crop this season due to unprecedented price rises.
- Mike Foley