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Images of native animals hidden throughout Australia's new passports are actually a high-tech security feature. If you’re applying for a new passport, here's what you need to know about the R Series.

The public sector union has levelled complaints at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) this month, alleging that many diverse candidates who’d been given a conditional offer into the graduate program were then denied due to delays in security vetting. This reportedly lead to the rejection of around…

The CPSU writes to DFAT alleging that more than a quarter of the applicants who got a conditional offer to join the program were rejected months later, and that many who could not get their security clearances in time to join were from diverse backgrounds.

With a wideranging review of Australia's development policies underway, Pat Conroy wants DFAT to refocus on hiring and promoting specialists with the skills to help AusAID "take over" the department.

In 1999, Australian troops were sent to Timor-Leste. This "official history" sheds light on the decision.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says four Australians who were in the region of a devastating earthquake in south-east Türkiye and Syria remain unaccounted-for.

If you're feeling helpless as you watch the rescue efforts from the other side of the world, you may be considering donating money to help. Here are some of the charities already at work in the region.

Australians are among dozens of foreigners who say they have been subjected to threats and verbal abuse at an eastern European ski field, rendering it unsafe for them to work.

The domestic Yeti Airlines plane went down during a 27-minute flight from Nepal's capital Kathmandu to Pokhara, a tourist town known as the gateway to the Annapurna Circuit, a popular hiking trail in the Himalayas.