Stephen Dziedzic is the ABC's Foreign Affairs (Asia Pacific) reporter, based in the Parliament House bureau. He covers foreign policy and Australia's relationship with countries in the Asia Pacific region. Stephen has worked for the ABC since 2007, and spent five years covering federal politics.
The outgoing diplomat also called her cousin Robert F Kennedy Jr's vaccine views "dangerous" in a wideranging Press Club appearance.
An Australian National University associate professor sharply criticises Australia's domestic intelligence agency, saying it asked her to report on Chinese international students and put a "chill" on China research as the bilateral relationship deteriorated.
The federal government is about to strike a sweeping new agreement with ANZ to ensure it does not join the exodus of banks from the Pacific.
Chinese state media has rebuked a top Australian intelligence chief's warning that an "emerging axis" of nations is helping to "kill innocent Ukrainians".
Donald Trump thinks Kevin Rudd is "a little bit nasty" and "not the brightest bulb". It is an open question whether Australia's ambassador to America will be able to deal with the returning Trump administration.
Government auditors slam the Australian Passport Office's handling of procurement contracts worth more than $1.5 billion
The Bank of China is on the brink of establishing a branch in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby, a move that is being watched closely by the Australian government.
Director-General Kerri Hartland told a select group of students that the agency was taking "gradual and considered steps to be "more open" about its mission.
After months of delays, Pacific leaders this week completed a tour of riot stricken French Pacific territory New Caledonia, suggesting a Pacific police force could help lower the temperature.
The final communique issued by CHOGM calls for reparatory justice and says many Commonwealth countries share "common historical experiences" relating to the "enduring effects" of the slave trade, Indigenous dispossession and blackbirding.
Anthony Albanese is mobbed by children in Samoa after being granted a chiefly title in the village of Satapuala, as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting wraps up in the Pacific island nation.
The king has warned that climate change is an existential threat that is undermining development progress and exacerbating inequalities between nations across the commonwealth.
China's foreign ministry accused Australia of being "plagued by systemic racism and hate crimes" in response to a statement calling on Beijing to address human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Tibet.
Several Pacific island nations are ramping up pressure on Australia over climate change during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
Samoa's government has made it clear that its key priority is using the event to champion action on climate change and gender equality.
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) kicks off in Apia as Samoa prepares to host leaders and senior politicians from 56 countries — including three monarchs.
The prime minister has refused to say what security guarantees Australia wants from Papua New Guinea in return for backing the Pacific country's bid for an NRL team.
The prime minister received an assurance from Chinese Premier Li Qiang at a meeting in Laos.
Timor-Leste's president Jose Ramos-Horta has sharply criticised exploitation in Australia's Pacific labour scheme, warning that unscrupulous employers are over-charging workers from his country for accommodation and transport.
The group warns climate change will cause more regular and severe natural disasters that will overwhelm the ability of the federal government and its agencies to help protect and rebuild communities.
China has insisted the test was "not directed at any country or target" but it has still generated considerable unease in the Pacific.
Human rights groups say it's the first time that countries have used the ICJ to take another country to court over gender discrimination.
In the battle for power and influence in Asia, one report says the size of a country's military isn't all that matters.
The federal government is predicting a flood of new investment into Australia's critical mineral and clean energy sectors after sealing a free trade pact with the United Arab Emirates.
The ABC is told the cyber breach was "extensive" and that the group behind the hack was intent on gathering information about the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and its operations.