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Labor raises alarm over Chinese fishing deal in Torres Strait Share Labor is demanding Scott Morrison guarantee a $200 million fisheries deal in Papua New Guinea under Chinas Belt and Road Initiative not be allowed to pose a threat to Australias security or fish stocks. In the first signs of Labor alarm over the deal, opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong accused the Morrison government of complacency over the agreement to build a "comprehensive multi-functional fishery industrial p...

Share on Twitter Mamutjan Abdurehim hasnt been able to see his wife and two children for the past four years. Information from the Chinese region of Xinjiang, where they are based, is scarce, and Mr Abdurehim told SBS News he fears for the worst. “I can’t describe properly enough, how much agony it has been and how much I miss my family,” he said. The family lived abroad in Kuala Lumpur while Mr Abdurehim studied a PHd in sociology and international affairs. However he became...

Always one move ahead: chess drama The Queen’s Gambit tops MPs’ summer binge list We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Always one move ahead: chess drama The Queen’s Gambit tops MPs’ summer binge list Save Normal text size Advertisement Read into this what you will, but an orphan with a single-minded drive to dominate the chess world is the summer entertainment of choice for many of our federal politicians. Netflix’s d...

Why PNGs Daru would reluctantly support a $204 million Chinese fishing plant on Australias doorstep ThuThursday 17 updated ThuThursday 17 DecDecember 2020 at 10:22pm Daru Mayor Samuel Winggu says he has been calling for more investment in his town for years. ( Print text only Cancel The plan for a new multimillion-dollar fish processing plant on his small island came as a complete surprise to Samuel Winggu. Key points: Canberra also has security concerns given Darus proximity to Australia The i...

Turkish Consulate in Sydney complains to Australian Human Rights Commission about GCT: Our response Search for: On September 8, Greek City Times received a complaint from Melih Karalar, Consul General of the Republic of Turkey in Sydney, against Greek City Times and journalist Paul Antonopoulous via the Australian Human Rights Commission. Karalar states that his complaint is in relation to the article “Today Greece celebrates a national hero while Turkey celebrates the genocider of Greeks.�...

Rex Patricks calls for amendments to Australias foreign influence legislation16/12/2020|7min Independent Senator Rex Patrick is calling for amendments to Australia’s foreign influence legislation to force Australians to declare membership of any foreign political party, arguing current legislations "fall short in many ways". His call comes after intelligence experts warned that Australia’s Beijing’s embassy was at risk of mistakenly hiring Chinese spies by using a Chinese government-contr...

THE FEDERAL Government had no basis to suppress a report that was critical of a $2.2bn arms deal involving Armys Hawkei, a tribunal has found. Thales Australia - owned by French military giant Thales - won the contract to build the armys light-armoured patrol vehicle, the Hawkei, in 2015. Armoured vehicle designer Jacobus De Wet was involved in the vehicles initial submissions phase, where he and other directors at Protected Transport Systems designed and tested their version of the landmine...

On todays program: Alpine businesses say insurance costs have quadrupled this year following the bushfires and many are struggling to afford it. Mt Buller businesses owner John Perks managed to clinch a deal this week just hours after become uninsured following months of searching for a policy. But its nearly four times the cost of his normal insurance and hes worried many wont be able to afford it, particularly since many havent earned any real income since September last year. He thinks there...

You are here Home » News & events » All stories » Whos really behaving badly? Confronting Australia’s cashless welfare card Whos really behaving badly? Confronting Australia’s cashless welfare card 11 December 2020 The government’s Cashless Debit Card almost fell apart on Wednesday night. Senator Rex Patrick’s refusal to support the government’s plans to make the scheme permanent gave some hope that this expensive, ideological and cruel policy would end. Yet in the final Sena...

China-Funded PNG Fishery Project Brings New Challenges for Australia With the latest MoU, Papua New Guinea continues to be at the center of a tug-of-war between China and Australia. By December 12, 2020 Advertisement The announcement of a $204 million fish processing plant in Papua New Guinea (PNG) located close to Australia’s mainland raises concerns over both resource depletion and security risks. The project has come to light following the signing of a detail-thi...