Deferring foreign policy to US must end, Paul Keating warns
SUCCESSIVE governments have downgraded Australia's global influence by deferring foreign policy to the interests of the US and allowing our relationship with Indonesia to languish, former prime...
View ArticleDouble act for Hawke and Howard
Familiar foes: Former Australian prime ministers Bob Hawke and John Howard at a Lifeline Fundraiser at the Westin Hotel. Photo: James Brickwood Former prime ministers John Howard and Bob Hawke shared...
View ArticleFor Australia, Close US, China Ties Require Delicate Diplomacy
SYDNEY — The Australian government says it does not expect any significant changes in its relationship with China under incoming leader Xi Jinping. China is Australia’s biggest trading partner, but...
View ArticleTwo old sparring partners can still hold a crowd
The atmosphere wasn't quite one of affection - more like a comfortable truce - when two old sparring partners, John Howard and Bob Hawke, made a rare appearance on stage together at a Sydney...
View ArticlePM Gillard should raise West Papua at Bali Democracy Forum
Monday, 12 November 2012, 2:30 pm Press Release: Australia West Papua Association Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Media relaease 8 November 2012 PM Gillard should raise West Papua at Bali...
View ArticleLearning an Asian tongue - it's too hard, it's easy …
LETTERS I love the idea of students learning an Asian language but Chris Rau is right (''Lost in translation - why Gillard's plan won't work'', October 31). It's just too hard, if my pathetic progress...
View ArticleAustralia is coming to Asia, speaking Asian languages
Paper Edition | Page: 6 Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard released the Australia in the Asian Century White Paper last Sunday. It is a policy paper that spells out various important objectives...
View ArticleWest Australia Poised for Strategic Role as Hub of the Indo-Pacific Age
The symbolism is striking. On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta will meet their Australian counterparts in Perth, Australia's booming Indian Ocean...
View ArticleU.S. determined to remain "Pacific Power": Clinton
>• Hillary Clinton Tuesday emphasized the importance of the Indo-Pacific rim to U.S. strategic interests. • Clinton said that Indo-Pacific was at the heart of an American vision of itself as a...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s Lee Myung-bak honored
Paper Edition | Page: 10 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday honored South Korean President Lee Myung-bak with the Adipurna award for making a significant contribution to improving...
View ArticleIt'll take more than few fine or foreign words to make Australia Asian
Australians have always been uncomfortable with their nation's geography. Ever since Europeans invaded and began to colonize the Antipodean continent in the second half of the 18th century, settlers —...
View ArticleLet's loosen ties to the West and focus on our own neighbourhood
IT has always struck me how influential Australia had been in the councils of major powers during the 20th century. We were a paid up member of the Anglosphere, with our dues paid in military...
View ArticleTensions flare over sea dispute at summit
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has stressed the importance to Australia of shipping routes through the South China Sea, as new tensions flared over rival claims to the resource-rich area at a summit of...
View ArticleHoward slams 'fatuous' Keating
JOHN Howard has made a blistering entry into the foreign affairs debate, describing Paul Keating's contention that Australian influence in Asia has declined because of its closeness to the US as...
View ArticleRudd suggests Asian language job quota
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd says Australian businesses should set a job quota for Australian students who can speak an Asian language. Mr Rudd said if the 100 companies in the Business Council of...
View ArticleLessons from politics for the big end of town
Illustration: Michael Mucci. THE way big business sees it, economic reform has ground to a halt because the politicians on both sides have lost the political will to make the tough decisions. But I...
View ArticleGillard puts Asian rhetoric to first test
Asian approach ... Julia Gillard arrives in Vientiane for the Asia-Europe summit. Photo: AFP Vientiane: Welcomed by goose-stepping soldiers in impoverished and landlocked Laos, Julia Gillard has begun...
View ArticleJulia Gillard won't meet with Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Bali forum
JULIA Gillard says she will not meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is a guest at the Bali Democracy Forum she is helping to chair today. After arriving in Bali last night, Ms Gillard...
View ArticlePM demands investigation into sheep cull
Prime Minister Julia Gillard insists she has received assurances from her Pakistani counterpart Raja Pervez Ashraf that the brutal slaughter of 21,000 Australian sheep will be fully investigated. Ms...
View ArticlePM Julia Gillard leads historic talks at the 9th Asia-Europe Meeting in Laos
JULIA Gillard has arrived in one of the poorest countries in South-East Asia as she begins a week of diplomatic meetings in which she will promote her new commitment to reach out to the region. The...
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