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Incarcerated Australian professor Sean Turnell did not plan for this. Over the last week, he was effectively a football, kicked from pillar to post, a political pawn in the game pursued by the Myanmar junta to lock up democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi for life.

Incarcerated Australian professor Sean Turnell did not plan for this. Over the last week, he was effectively a football, kicked from pillar to post, a political pawn in the game pursued by the Myanmar junta to lock up democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi for life.

Share on Twitter The Morrison government is calling for the release of an Australian academic detained in Myanmar following a coup. Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne is waiting for more information from Australias ambassadors in Myanmar, after Professor Turnell had been given consular support. READ MORE Senator Payne said the government had raised the issue with Myanmars ambassador to Australia. "We will continue to do that and press strongly for Professor Turnells release," she...

The military takeover has cast a host of bilateral development projects into uncertainty. By February 08, 2021 Advertisement In the early hours of February 1, a dramatic power grab by the Tatmadaw led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing served a severe blow to Myanmar’s fledgling democratic transition. The coup presents critical foreign policy challenges for countries who had negotiated significant bilateral and multilateral foreign aid commitments with the civilian government led by State Cou...

The federal government says consular assistance is being provided to "a number of Australians".