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Meat and potatoes diplomacy delivers win for Australia
Azzet
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August 1, 2025
Australia has secured the lowest possible tariff rate of 10% under President Donald Trump's sweeping reciprocal tariff regime, positioning exporters with a crucial competitive advantage, as higher levies devastate rival nations. The executive...
Economic stability key in Pacific: Australian Foreign Minister Wong
Pacific News Service
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— Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has recommitted to maintaining the regional processing centre on Nauru, which accounts for more than half of the island country’s budget. Revenue from the processing centre accounts for $135 million (US$95...
Sydney: Farrell says debate over Australia as Lions destination 'insulting'
RTL Today
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August 1, 2025
British and Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell has dismissed talk that the Wallabies are not worthy opponents as "insulting" and said it would be "tragic" if Australia was axed as a tour host. The Lions are seeking a series whitewash when they clash...
Australia's spy boss reveals the common act that is putting the country at risk - so are YOU guilty of it?
Daily Mail
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July 31, 2025
By DOMINIC GIANNINI FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCATED PRESS Published: 11:02 EDT, 31 July 2025 | Updated: 11:53 EDT, 31 July 2025 Australia's intelligence chief has warned that people who boast about their access to sensitive information are openly...
What Will It Take For Australia To Recognise Palestine As A State?
Pedestrian
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August 1, 2025
The crisis in Gaza has grown impossible to ignore: images of starving children and decimated neighbourhoods have shaken the world. Against this backdrop, pressure is piling on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to make a historic shift — formally...
Beijing denies threat as FBI opens new office in New Zealand to ‘counter China’
South China Morning Post
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August 1, 2025
China has accused the FBI chief of asserting “groundless” vilification and claims that Beijing is a threat after the American security agency opened its first permanent office in New Zealand. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation announced on...
Foreign Spies Targeting AUKUS Secrets, Warns Australian Spy Chief
The Epoch Times
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August 1, 2025
Director-General of ASIO, Mike Burgess appears before a Senate inquiry at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on April 29, 2021. AAP Image/Lukas Coch Foreign nations are actively attempting to recruit Australia’s elected officials, public...
Australia reopens market to Canadian beef
CHAT TV
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July 31, 2025
Photo credit: Jasmintoffoli/Dreamstime. By Curtis Galbraith Agriculture Jul 31, 2025 | 6:00 AM For the first time since 2003, Australia has opened its market to beef and beef products from Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says in a news...
Study Urges Action on Lake Victoria Fish Disease Threats
News Ghana
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July 30, 2025
A collaborative study has identified urgent measures to address antimicrobial resistance and mass fish deaths in Lake Victoria’s aquaculture sector. Research led by Cornell University with Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) and...
Climate Targets in Australia: Fact Sheet
The Climate Council
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August 1, 2025
The Australian Government will soon set its 2035 climate target. The strongest possible target must be set to ensure the protection of future generations from worsening climate impacts, in Australia and around the globe. Here is everything you...
Editorial – The nuclear distraction: what the atomic option can’t do for Australia
Echonetdaily
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July 31, 2025
While the Coalition’s attempt to win the nation over on the promise of nuclear power was unsuccessful, it nonetheless has drawn attention to the fact that ordinary Australians are not as opposed to nuclear power as perhaps they ought to be....
Friends to all: No guarantee of light-touch security partnerships for Samoa
The Strategist
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August 1, 2025
Samoa’s election at the end of August may be seen as an opportunity for foreign partners to deepen engagement and offer new avenues of support. With robust democratic institutions and strong cultural ties to its traditional partners, a sudden...
See the list: Australia spared tariff hike as Trump raises rates on others
SBS
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President Donald Trump has slapped dozens of America's trading partners with new tariff rates, but Australia's exports to the United States have been spared a hike. Most of these new tariff hikes were first announced in April when Trump slapped a...
Hong Kong Police Seek Arrests of 19 Activists Under Security Law
Times News Global
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August 1, 2025
HONG KONG — Hong Kong police have announced rewards for information relating to the arrest of 19 activists based overseas, whom they accuse of violating a national security law imposed by Beijing. In a statement released Friday, the police...
Ransomware Attacks Escalate to Physical Threats Against Executives
Infosecurity Magazine
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July 31, 2025
Ransomware actors are resorting to extreme measures to pressure victims into paying demands, including threats of physical harm to business executives. Over the past 12 months, executives were physically threatened in 40% of ransomware incidents,...
Australia Bans Social Media for Under-16s to Safeguard Youth
WebProNews
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July 31, 2025
Australia’s Bold Push to Curb Social Media for Youth In a move that has sent ripples through the tech industry, Australia’s government has enacted one of the world’s strictest social media regulations, banning access for children under 16. The...
Why Australia cannot breathe easy on Trump’s tariffs
Financial Review
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August 1, 2025
Washington | Australian officials can afford a brief sigh of relief, having avoided the worst of Donald Trump’s second round of retaliatory levies. But the US president’s increasing willingness to use tariffs as a weapon of diplomacy means they...
Zoo welcomes Tasmanian devils in Animals of Australia exhibit
Beverly Press and Park Labrea News - California
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July 31, 2025
Two naturally curious and active Tasmanian devils are on view at the L.A. Zoo. (photo by Andrea Delegal/courtesy of L.A. Zoo) For the first time in five years, the Los Angeles Zoo is once again home to wildly popular Tasmanian devils. Working in...
Farrell says debate over Australia as Lions destination 'insulting'
Eye Witness News
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SYDNEY - British and Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell has dismissed talk that the Wallabies are not worthy opponents as "insulting" and said it would be "tragic" if Australia was axed as a tour host. The Lions are seeking a series whitewash when...
Is Australia becoming a more violent country?
The Conversation
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August 1, 2025
Almost every day, it seems we read or hear reports another family is grieving the murder of a loved one in a street brawl, another business owner is hospitalised after trying to fend off armed robbers, or shoppers simply going about their business...