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Minister says foreign and defence policies are both essential for making the country stronger and more influential

The foreign minister uses a National Press Club speech to declare that the strategic contest in Asia right now is much more than just a battle for supremacy between the US and China.

Ukraine is ramping up calls for the Australian-made Hawkei, describing the light armoured patrol vehicle as the military's new "crush". Why has the four-wheel-drive caught Kyiv's eye, and is Australia likely to send it to the battlefield?

Ma Zhaoxu, the vice minister of foreign affairs, met with DFAT secretary Jan Adams in Canberra to discuss topics the countries rarely see eye-to-eye on.

After government announced deal with China that could end tariffs on barley, wine producers now cautiously optimistic

Australia wants exporters to diversify markets and become less reliant on China, because it cannot separate economic and strategic relationships, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Wednesday, after the two countries unveiled a path to ending a trade dispute.

Australia's peak body for farmers says the possible end of large tariffs imposed by China on barley could lead to restrictions on other goods being removed.

The decision by China to review its trade restrictions on Australian barley has created a “face-saving off ramp” towards resuming trade ties.

Latest move fits with Albanese government’s attempts to pursue ‘constructive’ dialogue with China without making any policy concessions

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong joined 50,000 people to march in support of queer rights across the Sydney Harbour Bridge for World Pride in early March. A week earlier, Albanese became the first sitting prime minister to march in Sydney’s Mardi Gras, something he’s done over…

Australia has suspended a complaint to the World Trade Organization in a bid to reopen the Chinese market to Australian barley for the first time in three years