This Month
Australia’s ‘yes’ vote on Palestine at UN slammed by Labor MP
Penny Wong said Australia’s support for Palestinian statehood will help to broker peace, but a Labor MP has argued it will further isolate Jewish Australians.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Australia considers voting yes on Palestine’s UN bid
Penny Wong says abstaining is a common diplomatic practice, amid pressure to admit Palestine as a United Nations member.
- Andrew Tillett
‘Show leadership’: Palestinian plea ahead of key UN vote
The Albanese government is being lobbied heavily over whether to support a symbolic vote upgrading Palestine to full membership of the UN.
- Andrew Tillett
Australia’s defence chief rejects Chinese spying claims
In his first comments on dramatic helicopter near miss, General Angus Campbell said a Chinese pilot had acted unsafely and unprofessionally.
- Andrew Tillett
Has Julie Bishop taken on an impossible task?
The military is losing ground in Myanmar. What follows could be a failed state – and Australia’s former foreign minister will be right in the thick of it.
- Emma Connors
March
Blast hits Australian UN observer patrolling in Lebanon
Israel denied responsibility for the shell that exploded, injuring the UN observers and their interpreter, who were patrolling the southern Lebanese border.
- Bassem Mroue and Kareem Chehayeb
Russia and China veto US-led ceasefire resolution
Three of the UN Security Council’s 14 members voted against the resolution, which had called for “an immediate and sustained ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip.
- Victoria Kim and Alan Yuhas
Australia ends freeze on $6m for Palestinian aid agency UNRWA
Australia joins Canada, Sweden and the European Union in restoring funding for the organisation after at least 12 countries froze payments in January.
- Andrew Tillett
PM calls for aid access to Gaza, but no change yet on UNRWA freeze
As other countries resume funding, the Coalition is urging a cautious approach before lifting a freeze on $6m for key Palestinian refugee agency.
- Andrew Tillett
February
Israel accuses Wong of forgetting Hamas in row over aid funds
Penny Wong is under pressure on whether to lift a freeze on $6 million in funds for a controversial Palestinian refugee agency.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
January
$20m in cash to Palestinians already spent
Australia won’t claw back $20 million it has already given controversial UN Palestinian refugee agency.
- Andrew Tillett
Details emerge on UN workers accused of aiding Hamas raid
One is accused of kidnapping a woman. Another is said to have handed out ammunition. A third was described as taking part in a massacre at a kibbutz.
- Ronen Bergman and Patrick Kingsley
UN fires Gaza staff over claims they joined Hamas attack
Australia will pause recently announced funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency after the UN fired staffers over allegations they took part in the attack.
- Augusta Saraiva and Courtney McBride
Saving lives or inciting hate? The UN body getting Australian aid
The UNRWA, the agency vested with providing services for Palestinian refugees, is a lightning rod for criticism.
- Andrew Tillett
Germany invokes the Holocaust in defence of Israel
Germany has emerged as one of Israel’s most vehement supporters after South Africa brought a charge of genocide.
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- Gerald Imray
December 2023
UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza
The resolution was stripped of a call for an “urgent suspension of hostilities” between Israel and Hamas. Both the US and Russia abstained from voting.
- Edith M Lederer
Westpac boss to fly to Tiwi Islands to discuss Santos project
After a four-hour AGM in Brisbane, Peter King has committed to visiting the Tiwi following concerns about consultation on Santos’ Barossa project.
- James Eyers
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Why Penny Wong and academic elites are wrong on Gaza
Penny Wong demonstrated the moral corruption of the UN and the opinion of many of its members, and Claudine Gay the intellectual corruption of higher education.
- John Roskam
US vetoes Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution at UN Security Council
The vote was 13-1, with Britain abstaining and some US allies such as France voting for a ceasefire.
- Farnaz Fassihi, Michael Levenson, Aaron Boxerman and Victoria Kim
Israeli airstrikes target southern Gaza as UN appeals for restraint
Desperate Gazans in Khan Younis packed their belongings and headed towards Rafah, which itself was coming under Israeli fire.
- Updated
- Arafat Barbakh and Mohammad Salem
