Written by 
The Hong Kong government will consider whether to appeal for longer sentences of certain democrats jailed on Tuesday in the city’s largest national security case. Convicted of conspiring to commit subversion, 45 former legislators, ex-district councillors, and activists received jail sentences ranging from four years and two months to 10 years, with prominent legal scholar […]
Since Donald Trump’s reelection as US president, Australian leaders have spent considerable airtime assuring voters there’s nothing to worry about. Headlines were dominated this morning by Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ speech to the Australian Institute of International Affairs, claiming Australia is well-placed to handle any potential economic consequences of the next Trump administration. Of course Trump […]
Australian foreign affairs officials can’t — or won’t — say how many Australians have been evacuated or killed as a result of the last 12 months of war in the Middle East. Crikey asked the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for the information on Friday, October 11, and what followed was a protracted […]