The minute Trump labelled Rudd ‘nasty’,calls started flooding the Australian embassy

The minute Trump labelled Rudd ‘nasty’,calls started flooding the Australian embassy

The future of Australia’s relationship with its most important security partner has been thrown into doubt after the remarks by Kevin Rudd came back to haunt him.

  • byFarrah Tomazin

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The one thing in the world worse than being insulted by Donald Trump

The one thing in the world worse than being insulted by Donald Trump

Why wouldn’t Trump attack Kevin Rudd? It’s how the Republican presidential candidate operates.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Rudd to stay in US if Trump wins,despite former president’s ‘nasty’ comment

Rudd to stay in US if Trump wins,despite former president’s ‘nasty’ comment

Trump’s broadside against Rudd ignited a partisan brawl in Canberra,with Albanese accusing the opposition of undermining Australian diplomacy.

  • byMatthew Knott andFarrah Tomazin
Chinese premier to visit Australia as Penny Wong rejects trade ‘quid pro quo’

Chinese premier to visit Australia as Penny Wong rejects trade ‘quid pro quo’

Penny Wong insists the government did not drop restrictions on Chinese-made wind turbines in exchange for the return of Australian wine to China.

  • byMatthew Knott
Trump has lit the fuse,but Rudd has been a ticking time bomb all along

Trump has lit the fuse,but Rudd has been a ticking time bomb all along

Installing Rudd as Australia’s ambassador to the US was always a high-risk,high-reward gamble by Albanese. Now Trump could blow up the former PM’s diplomatic career.

  • byMatthew Knott
Labor frontbencher says the US is not our closest ally

Labor frontbencher says the US is not our closest ally

The opposition is calling for Trade Minister Don Farrell to apologise to the United States after he declared New Zealand was Australia’s most trusted partner.

  • byMatthew Knott
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Australia leads the way against Japanese child abductions

Australia leads the way against Japanese child abductions

The Australian government has launched an unprecedented intervention in Japan’s domestic politics.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
AUKUS anniversary brings a sinking feeling
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AUKUS anniversary brings a sinking feeling

A sense of gloom has been gathering around the nuclear-powered submarine pact and that’s before a return of Donald Trump to the White House is considered.

  • byMatthew Knott
Australia yet to ask India to search for man wanted over woman’s body in wheelie bin

Australia yet to ask India to search for man wanted over woman’s body in wheelie bin

An Indian politician said the grieving parents of Chaithanya Madhagani did not know their daughter was dead until their son-in-law turned up at the weekend with the couple’s three-year-old son.

  • byZach Hope
How terrible would a second Trump presidency be for Australia? Terrible enough

How terrible would a second Trump presidency be for Australia? Terrible enough

Now that Donald Trump is the inevitable Republican candidate,countries everywhere need to prepare. Can Australia Trump-proof itself?

  • byPeter Hartcher
‘Irresponsible’:Government faces backlash over UNRWA funding

‘Irresponsible’:Government faces backlash over UNRWA funding

Labor says it will not reinstate funding to the UN’s main provider of aid to Palestinians until an investigation into the agency is complete.

  • byMatthew Knott