Australia has split with the US over a Gaza ceasefire, but the issue is also causing division within Labor caucus.
Geopolitics
Technological tensions between the US and China are rising — and Australia is caught in the middle.
With the annual UN climate change talks kicking off in Dubai, Australian negotiators should be encouraged by recent progress. But with the world on track for its hottest year on record, now isn’t the time for complacency.
While unlikely to garner as much attention as next year's US election, Taiwan's presidential poll promises to be no less dramatic and could escalate tensions in the region.
As the tech world remains fixated on the rollercoaster ride that is the OpenAI saga, it's worth remembering that there's a lot more at stake than just the careers of charismatic individuals.
The action by the Chinese warship has exposed the limits of the Australia-China relationship, and some concerning traits of the Albanese government.
Talks between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping are a sign of smoother relations between the world's biggest economies. But two upcoming presidential elections threaten to shatter the calm.
The agreement, reached at the end of the Pacific Islands Forum, allows Tuvalu nationals facing displacement from climate change to live, work and study in Australia.
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden are preparing to meet for the first time in a year, during which the fortunes of the Chinese and US economies have diverged.
While Albanese's trips to the US and China may have received more media coverage, his stay in the Cook Islands is proving more pivotal to getting real outcomes for Australia.
A sensitive review into TikTok and other social media companies is sitting with Cabinet despite being completed in March. And it’s not clear when it will be made public.
The turbulent relationship has calmed ahead of Anthony Albanese's highly symbolic visit to Beijing, but there are limits to that stabilisation.
The challenge for Anthony Albanese heading into his China visit is that it's unclear what Australia wants or needs from Beijing in the economic space.
Yang Hengjun's detention remains a sticking point in bilateral ties ahead of Anthony Albanese's landmark visit to China.
