Marise Payne

At least three senior Liberals pushed back against Indigenous voice opposition in shadow cabinet meeting

Exclusive: Simon Birmingham, Marise Payne and Paul Fletcher spoke out against plan as Julian Leeser proposed allowing MPs a free say

Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

06, Apr, 2023 @3:00 PM

‘I don’t know’: Marise Payne unsure why advice for legal change to robodebt disappeared from policy plan

‘Essentially responsibility is always borne by ministers,’ the then human services minister tells royal commission into doomed scheme

Luke Henriques-Gomes

13, Dec, 2022 @6:36 AM

Documents reveal Australia’s efforts to stay neutral as Donald Trump claimed electoral fraud

US political insider admits there are ‘reasons to worry’ for its democracy as allies wonder at damage done to the west’s credibility

Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

15, Oct, 2022 @7:00 PM

‘Considerable strain’: how Australian officials saw the China rift

Officials kept in ‘regular contact’ with Chinese embassy even as Morrison government ministers frozen out, FoI documents shows

Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

23, Jun, 2022 @11:32 PM

Peter Dutton sidelines Scott Morrison allies in shadow cabinet as Nationals take six spots

Angus Taylor becomes shadow treasurer, but Alex Hawke gets no position in a shadow cabinet with 10 women

Paul Karp

05, Jun, 2022 @7:08 AM

Cabinet committee blocked plan to double Australia’s support to Pacific, election-eve leak reveals

‘Extraordinary’ revelation about national security decision shows the government is ‘falling apart’, Labor says

Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

20, May, 2022 @3:12 AM

Australia’s foreign minister denounces China’s ‘secret’ security deal with Solomon Islands

Marise Payne says other members of the ‘Pacific family’ share concerns but she rejects claims her government ‘dropped the ball’ in the region

Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

28, Apr, 2022 @5:57 AM

Australia failing its own citizens held in ‘sordid’ camps in Syria, UN experts say

Letter to government renews calls to repatriate citizens, including 30 children, held in conditions that ‘meet the standard of torture’

Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

17, Apr, 2022 @8:00 PM

NSW Liberals should decide whether Katherine Deves is disendorsed, Marise Payne says

Foreign minister says she has made it ‘explicitly clear’ she does not agree with comments made by Warringah candidate

Daniel Hurst

17, Apr, 2022 @4:15 AM

Barnaby Joyce wrongly claims $1.5bn funding for second Darwin port has already been legislated

Bill that includes Northern Territory infrastructure funding did not pass before parliament was dissolved

Sarah Martin Chief political correspondent and Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

12, Apr, 2022 @7:08 AM

Australia anxious to show it didn’t ‘drop the ball’ on Pacific after China and Solomon Islands deal

Canberra must walk a delicate line when responding to challenges presented by Beijing and Solomons’ security agreement

Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

04, Apr, 2022 @6:46 AM

Coalition axes $1.3bn armed drone program and redirects funds to cybersecurity

Senate estimates hears SkyGuardian cancelled to support Redspice program, and Port of Darwin review still a ‘live process’

Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

01, Apr, 2022 @4:40 AM

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Marise Payne

At least three senior Liberals pushed back against Indigenous voice opposition in shadow cabinet meeting

‘I don’t know’: Marise Payne unsure why advice for legal change to robodebt disappeared from policy plan

Documents reveal Australia’s efforts to stay neutral as Donald Trump claimed electoral fraud

‘Considerable strain’: how Australian officials saw the China rift

Peter Dutton sidelines Scott Morrison allies in shadow cabinet as Nationals take six spots

Cabinet committee blocked plan to double Australia’s support to Pacific, election-eve leak reveals

Australia’s foreign minister denounces China’s ‘secret’ security deal with Solomon Islands

Australia failing its own citizens held in ‘sordid’ camps in Syria, UN experts say

NSW Liberals should decide whether Katherine Deves is disendorsed, Marise Payne says

Barnaby Joyce wrongly claims $1.5bn funding for second Darwin port has already been legislated

Australia anxious to show it didn’t ‘drop the ball’ on Pacific after China and Solomon Islands deal

Coalition axes $1.3bn armed drone program and redirects funds to cybersecurity

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