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Medibank records profit rise despite data breach – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Multi-million dollar health spend for Indo-Pacific

Australia will boost its support for Pacific countries under a new plan focused on healthcare programs, from vaccine development to reproductive rights.

AAP

Pacific leaders meet as Australia nets new agreement

Australia and Kiribati have signed a new memorandum of understanding focusing on security and economic support as Pacific leaders meet.

AAP

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Australia scales up security and development cooperation with Kiribati as China's reach grows

Foreign Minister Penny Wong meets Kiribati's President Taneti Maamau in the capital Tarawa on her first visit since Labor won power last year, promising to cement security ties and invest in infrastructure.

ABC News

More than two years after the Beirut blast, victims are waiting for justice. Australia can do more

The Beirut blast was not an unfortunate accident, but an avoidable catastrophe and a clear violation of the rights of the victims and their families. Isaac and all of the victims deserve justice, writes his mother Sarah Copland.

ABC News

Linda Reynolds breaks two-year silence on Brittany Higgins scandal

Former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has broken her two-year silence, saying she has "a very different story" to tell about the Brittany Higgins rape

The New Daily

Ex-PMs of UK, Australia, Belgium urge tough action on China

Former leaders from Australia, Britain and Belgium have called for a tougher international approach to China to reduce the possibility of war over Taiwan and respond to human rights violations

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Scott Morrison says he ran out of time to impose sanctions on China over human rights

Australia’s former PM urges new government to apply sanctions amid questions why he stopped short of taking such action when in power

The Guardian - AU

Australia sends disaster crew to New Zealand, as death toll from former tropical cyclone rises to nine

A 25-strong disaster crew from Australia will be dispatched to New Zealand's north island, as news wires report another death from former tropical cyclone Gabrielle.

ABC News

Former Australian PM Scott Morrison likens west’s ‘appeasement’ of China to Munich agreement with Hitler

Speech in Tokyo draws parallel with pre-second world war agreement, and claims credit for urging others to stand up to Beijing ‘bullying’

The Guardian - AU

Australia joins to condemn Israel for illegal settlement in occupied Palestinian territory

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has added Australia's voice to international condemnation over the Israeli government's decision to build thousands of settlement units in the occupied West Bank in violation of international law.

ABC News

Penny Wong’s London speech about UK’s colonial history caused no ‘diplomatic tension’

Top bureaucrat defends Australian foreign minister’s comments amid opposition criticism that it was an unnecessary ‘distraction’

The Guardian - AU

Officials will not confirm whether US bombers in Australia carry nuclear weapons

US B-52 bombers may carry nuclear weapons when in the Top End, but the government says it will not ask the United States to confirm or deny if that is the case.

ABC News

Pacific Island leaders announce US President Joe Biden will visit the region

Five Micronesian countries declare that President Joe Biden will visit the Pacific for a leaders' meeting later this year, in another sign the US remains intent on ramping up high level diplomatic engagement with the region.

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The New Daily

Albanese, Wong and Marles have not shown foreign policy know-how yet

Many had hoped that the change of government would usher in a shift to a more imaginative and less subservient foreign policy.

ABC News

Q+A hears of harrowing cost of living struggles for Australians but politicians fail to offer any real relief

Politicians tell Q+A they see Australians begging for food and counting coins to buy bread but fail to offer any immediate solutions to rate rises or inflation on Q+A.

AAP

Secret inquiry into public service cyber security

The high-profile cyber attacks on Medibank and Optus led to the prime minister commissioning a public service security review, but the report remains secret.

AAP

'I'll be the first PM to march in Mardi Gras': Albanese

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will join the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras with Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

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The Guardian - AU

Australian intelligence agency advised departmental discretion on using Chinese equipment 14 months ago

Government’s new commitment to remove devices made by Hikvision and Dahua from buildings sweeps 2021 advice aside

Al Jazeera

Another Australian ministry to remove Chinese-made cameras

Foreign Minister Penny Wong announces removal of Chinese-made cameras a day after the defence minister’s announcement.

The Guardian - AU

Australian missing in Turkey found alive but two still unaccounted for – as it happened

Foreign minister Penny Wong’s update comes after Sydney man reported among dead in earthquake tragedy

ABC News

Indonesia and Australia promise new defence cooperation agreement despite AUKUS tensions

In a joint statement, the Australian and Indonesian defence ministers say they have instructed officials to begin negotiations to "elevate" the existing defence cooperation pact between the two countries to "an agreement that is binding under international law".

ABC News

Bangladesh calls for Australia to increase intake of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar

Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says many countries had substantially increased the number of Rohingya refugees they had taken, and he would like to see Australia take more people in.

AAP

Minister's call to arms to crack down on modern slavery

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says tougher legislation is needed to help reduce the impact of modern slavery across the South Pacific region.

Reuters

Australia acknowledges suspension of probe into MH17 downing

The Australian government on Thursday said it had acknowledged the decision by international prosecutors to suspend their investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over Ukraine in 2014.

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