Australia "strongly disagrees" with Thailand's decision to transfer 40 Uyghurs to China against their will and has raised concerns about their treatment with the Chinese government, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Friday.

Australia warned international airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand to beware of Chinese warships conducting a live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Friday.

US president Donald Trump ’s second presidency is proving even more disruptive than his first, Australia ’s foreign minister Penny Wong said. Ms Wong, however, said she remained hopeful that Australia could secure an exemption from upcoming US tariffs on steel and aluminium.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met several foreign ministers, including Sergei Lavrov (Russia), Wang Yi (China), Penny Wong (Australia), on the sidelines of the G2O Foreign Ministers Meeting in Johannesburg on Thursday.

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong says her government has warned international airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand to beware of Chinese warships conducting a live-fire ex

Airliners were over the Tasman Sea crossing between Australia and New Zealand when the Chinese navy warned they were flying over a secret live-fire exercise, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Friday.

Australia warned airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand to beware of Chinese warships potentially conducting a live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea, officials said Friday. Regulator Airservices Australia warned commercial pilots of a potential hazard in airspace between the countries as three

Australia’s foreign minister, Penny Wong on Wednesday said Donald Trump’s second presidency is already more disruptive than his first. Wong made this statement at the Australian Financial Review Business Summit in Sydney,

Ms Wong said since Mr Trump took over the White House, Australia has had to deal with a “very different American administration”. “President Trump and his administration envisage a very different America in the world,” she said at the Australian Financial Review Business Summit in Sydney.

On February 13, the Australian government’s peak arts body, Creative Australia, rescinded an invitation to artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino to represent Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale.

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong discusses the disruptive nature of Donald Trump's second presidency and the ongoing tariff negotiations. Despite the challenges, Wong emphasizes the importance of the U.

Australia has so far been content to bend and gently adjust to the Trump 2.0 whirlwind. It will inevitably have to decide where to draw the line.