Transcripts
2024
December
- Subjects: Russia’s illegal war on Ukraine; Reopening of Australia’s embassy in Kyiv; Middle East conflict.
- Subjects: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; Australian aid to Vanuatu; Call with Israeli Foreign Minister.
- Subjects: Reopening of Australia's embassy in Kyiv; Vanuatu earthquake response
- Subjects: Australia's additional support for Ukraine
- Subjects: Foreign Minister’s meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte; Hamas-Israel conflict; Australia’s support for Ukraine; Reports of planned Chinese military exercises in Vietnam; Australia’s response to Vanuatu earthquake
- Subjects: Vanuatu earthquake
- Subjects: Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN); AUKUS; Support for Ukraine; Presentation of Victoria Cross for Private Richard Norden; Allegations of Chinese foreign interference; Syria and Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham.
- Subjects: Australia-India relations; Melbourne synagogue attack.
- Subjects: Australia–New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Consultations; Defence cooperation with NZ; AUKUS; Strategic competition; New Caledonia.
- Subjects: AUKUS; the Pacific; visa cancelations; climate action.
- Subject: Australia-Singapore Relationship.
November
- Subjects: Lebanon ceasefire; Hamas-Israel conflict.
- Subjects: US election.
- Subjects: US election.
- Subject: US election.
- Subjects: US election.
- Subjects: US election; Cost of living relief.
- Subjects: US election.
- Subjects: US election.
- Subjects: US election.
- Subjects: Australia-India relationship; US election; Quad; diplomatic relations between India and Canada.
October
- Subjects: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
- Subjects: CHOGM in Samoa; DPRK support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; Falepili Union; Action on climate change; Pacific Engagement Visa.
- Subjects: CHOGM in Samoa; Action on climate change; Gender equality; Middle East conflict; Senator Lidia Thorpe.
- Subjects: Conflict in the Middle East; Australia’s humanitarian policy; NRL team in PNG, AUKUS submarines.
- Subjects: Australia-China trade; Government assisted flights for Australians from Lebanon; Myanmar.
- Subjects: Iran’s missile attack on Israel; Australian Government assisting Australians in Lebanon to depart; protests planned for October 7.
September
- Subjects: UN General Assembly High-Level Week; Escalation of Middle East violence; Calls for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon; Safety of Australians in Lebanon; The Albanese Government’s housing policy.
- Subjects: Escalation of Middle East violence; support for Ukraine; meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
- Subjects: Escalation of Middle East violence; protection of aid workers; meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
- Subjects: Escalation of Middle East violence.
- Subjects: Hizballah hardware explosions; escalation of Middle East violence; UN vote on Occupied Palestinian Territories.
- Subjects: UN vote on Occupied Palestinian Territories; Hizballah hardware explosions; escalation of Middle East violence; Housing legislation.
- Subjects: Reports of assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump; Sanctions on Iran; Iranian support for Russia; Middle East conflict; Australia’s support for Ukraine.
- Subjects: Australia-Japan relationship; Defence cooperation; Indo-Pacific; the Japan-Australia Pacific Digital Development Initiative; Cyber Security
- Subjects: Australia-Japan relationship.
- Subjects: Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040; International student caps; Regional stability; Australia’s relationship with China, US role in the Indo-Pacific.
August
- Subjects: Australia’s trade relationship with China; energy security and nuclear power; diversification of markets and industries.
- Subjects: Australia-Fiji friendship; Redevelopment of Colonial War Memorial Hospital; Middle East conflict.
- Subjects: Middle East conflict; 9/11 Trial plea agreement; Bangladesh Government; Julian Assange; Taiwan; Middle East conflict; Hamas-Israel ceasefire proposal.
- Subjects: AUSMIN; Australia’s participation in the US Global Entry program; Iranian Ambassador to Australia; Binskin report; US election; AUKUS; Middle East conflict; National Terrorism Threat Level.
- Subjects: Special Adviser report on Israel's response to the IDF strikes against World Central Kitchen.
July
- Subjects: DPRK’s escalatory actions; ensuring stability in the Indo-Pacific region; Australia’s relationship with the Republic of Korea; AUKUS; Defence capability.
- Subjects: Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
- Subjects: Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
- Subjects: ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting; ASEAN-Australia relationship; Southeast Asia Economic Strategy; Australia-Laos relationship.
- Subjects: ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting; Ministerial retirements; Myanmar; South China Sea.
- Magnitsky-style sanctions imposed on extremist Israeli settlers; Hamas-Israel Conflict; Humanitarian situation in Gaza.
- Subjects: 10th Japan-Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting; Russia’s illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine; Australia’s energy policy; Indo-Pacific Broadcasting Strategy; strategic competition.
June
- Subjects: Julian Assange’s return to Australia; Senate urgency motion.
- Subjects: Release of Julian Assange, Donna Nelson trial, Hamas-Israel Conflict, COP Summit 2026.
- Subjects: Julian Assange’s return to Australia; Australia attending joint military exercises in Hawaii.
- Subjects: Julian Assange’s return to Australia; Qatar Airways; Senate urgency motion.
- Subjects: Julian Assange’s return to Australia.
- Subjects: Julian Assange’s return to Australia; inflation; Senate urgency motion.
- Subjects: Julian Assange’s return to Australia; inflation; Senate urgency motion.
- Subjects: Visit to the site of the landslide in Enga Province.
- Subjects: Ministerial delegation in PNG; Security in the Pacific Family; Defence and policing support for PNG; Ongoing assistance for landslide in Enga.
- Subjects: Australia-Papua New Guinea relations; Nuclear energy; Strengthening security in the Pacific.
- Subjects: Australia-PNG relationship; Australia-Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum; Nuclear energy; Hamas-Israel conflict.
- Subjects: Australia-PNG relationship; Australia-Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum; Cheng Lei; Premier Li’s visit.
- Subjects: Australia-PNG relationship; Australia-Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum; Climate Change; PNG census.
- Subjects: Australia-Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum.
- Subjects: Australia-Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum; Australia-China relationship; Dr Yang Jun; Unsafe and unprofessional interaction with PLA-Air Force; Cheng Lei.
- Subjects: Australia-China relationship; Chinese Premier visit to Adelaide.
- Subjects: Premier Li’s visit to Australia; Australia’s relationship with China; Ministerial delegation to Papua New Guinea; Peter Dutton abandoning climate change targets; Hamas-Israel conflict.
- Subjects: Visit to Solomon Islands; Australia - Solomon Islands relationship; Hamas-Israel conflict.
- Subjects: Visit to Solomon Islands; Australia’s investment in school infrastructure upgrades; Australia’s contribution to upgrading water and bathroom facilities.
May
- Subjects: Energy and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine; verdicts in the Hong Kong NSL47 cases; Hamas-Israel conflict; migration; US alliance; assistance in response to Papua New Guinea landslide.
- Subjects: Visit to Bangladesh and Singapore; Rohingya crisis; Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 incident; Hamas-Israel conflict; New Caledonia protests and Australian Government assisted-departure flights.
- Subjects: Australia-Bangladesh cooperation on climate change, education, maritime security, sustainable development and people smuggling; Rohingya humanitarian crisis, UTS-Premier University partnership.
- Subjects: Federal Budget; Energy bill relief; Migration.
- Subjects: UN General Assembly vote on Palestinian membership; Hamas-Israel conflict.
- Subjects: UN General Assembly vote on Palestinian membership; Hamas-Israel conflict; University protests; Unsafe and unprofessional interaction with PLA-Air Force; Future gas strategy.
- Subjects: Australia-Tuvalu relationship; Falepili Union.
- Subjects: Australia-Germany Relationship; Australia’s defence industry; Australians missing in Mexico; Russia’s illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine; Middle East conflict; climate change; AUKUS.
- Subjects: Australia-Republic of Korea 2+2 Foreign And Defence Ministers’ Meeting; AUKUS Pillar Two; Hanwha bid for Austal; foreign interference; Korean peninsula security.
April
- Subjects: Palestinian statehood stance, investigation into aid worker strike and negotiating release of Julian Assange.
- Subjects: Hamas-Israel conflict; Appointment of Special Adviser to the Australian Government on Israel's response to the Israel Defense Forces strikes which killed Zomi Frankcom.
- Subjects: Hamas-Israel conflict.
- Subjects: Israel’s investigation into deaths of humanitarian workers in Gaza; Israel-Hamas conflict; appointment of Julie Bishop as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar.
- Subjects: Death of Lalzawmi ‘Zomi’ Frankcom; Hamas-Israel conflict.
- Subjects: Death of Lalzawmi ‘Zomi’ Frankcom; Hamas-Israel conflict.
- Subjects: Death of Lalzawmi ‘Zomi’ Frankcom; Hamas-Israel conflict.
- Subjects: Australian aid worker killed in Gaza; Hamas-Israel Conflict.
- Subjects: Death of Lalzawmi ‘Zomi’ Frankcom; Hamas-Israel conflict.
March
- Subjects: Immigration reforms; terrorist attack in Russia; return of funding to UNRWA; Russia’s illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine; Australia-China relationship; Australia-US relationship.
- Subjects: Australia-China Foreign and Strategic Dialogue; Australia’s relationship with China; Dr Yang Jun; Australia’s Ambassador to the United States.
- Subjects: Australian government support for Gaza; Australian funding of UNRWA; visas for Palestinians.
- Subjects: ASEAN Australia Summit; Relationship with China; US alliance; AUKUS agreement; Israel-Hamas conflict; Gaza humanitarian crisis; Australia’s diplomatic role.
- Subjects: International Women’s Day; Adelaide International Women’s Day Breakfast; ASEAN-Australia Special Summit.
- Subjects: Adelaide International Women’s Day Breakfast.
- Subjects: ASEAN Summit; Hamas-Israel conflict; US election.
- Subjects: ASEAN Summit; Australia-China relationship; Sam Kerr; Taylor Swift concerts.
February
- Subjects: Lunar New Year; Death of Alexei Navalny.
- Subjects: Indian Ocean Conference 2024; sentencing of Dr Yang Jun; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) investigations; Quad; US President Biden and Special Counsel report; Australia-India relationship.
- Subjects: PNG Prime Minister Marape’s visit to Australia; Dr Yang Jun; Middle East conflict; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.
- Subjects: PNG Prime Minister Marape’s visit to Australia; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) investigations.
- Subjects: Sentencing of Dr Yang Jun.
- Subjects: Australia–New Zealand Ministers Consultations; AUKUS; Australian humanitarian assistance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA); Australian defence exports; further sanctions on the Myanmar
January
- Subjects: Cyber sanction in response to Medibank Private cyber attack; sanctions in response to terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas; Hamas-Israel conflict; cost of living; Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union treaty and Nauru.
- Visit to the Middle East; Hamas-Israel conflict; Australian humanitarian assistance to the Middle East; Red Sea deployment, Australia-China relationship.
- Subjects: Visit to the Middle East; Hamas-Israel conflict; Australian aid to the Middle East; Australia-Jordan relations; International Criminal Court case.
- Subjects: Visit to the Middle East; Hamas-Israel conflict; Red Sea attacks.
2023
December
- Subjects: Hamas-Israel conflict; United Nations General Assembly resolution; international approach to situation.
- Subjects: Australia-France relationship; France-Australia Bilateral Roadmap; Hamas-Israel Conflict.
November
- Subjects: Niagara Falls explosion; Hamas-Israel conflict; temporary ceasefire and release of hostages; visa provisions to Palestinians and Israelis.
- Subjects: Niagara Falls explosion; Hamas-Israel conflict; visa provisions to Palestinians and Israelis; temporary ceasefire and release of hostages.
- Subjects: Niagara Falls explosion; Hamas-Israel conflict; temporary ceasefire and release of hostages; visa provisions to Palestinians and Israelis.
- Subjects: Niagara Falls explosion; Hamas-Israel conflict; temporary ceasefire and release of hostages; visa provisions to Palestinians and Israelis.
- Subjects: Hamas-Israel conflict; temporary ceasefire and release of hostages; visa provisions to Palestinians and Israelis.
- Subjects: 2+2 Dialogue; Quad Summit; India-Australia education ties.
- Subjects: Foreign Ministers’ Framework Dialogue; Hamas-Israel conflict; Quad summit; ongoing cooperation in the Indo-Pacific; unsafe and unprofessional interaction with PLA-N; diplomatic relations between India and Canada.
- Subjects: The Australia –Tuvalu Falepili Union; Prime Minister and Foreign Minister’s visit to China; Australia’s relationship with China; CPTPP accession; Hamas-Israel conflict; Caulfield protest; High Court ruling on indefinite immigration detention.
- Subjects: Visit to the People's Republic of China; Australia's relationship with China; meeting with President Xi.
- Subjects: Hamas-Israel conflict, Australians cross the Rafah border.
- Subjects: Hamas-Israel conflict; Australians cross the Rafah border.
- Subjects: Dr Yang Hengjun; Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's visit to China; Australia-China relationship; Hamas-Israel conflict; Australians in Gaza.
October
- Subjects: Israel-Hamas conflict; Australians urged to leave Lebanon; Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to China.
- Subjects: Israel-Hamas conflict; Australian Government assisted departures; Voice to Parliament referendum.
- Subjects: Repatriation of Australians from Israel; Hamas-Israel conflict; Lebanon travel advice.
- Subjects: Israel-Hamas conflict; Australian Government assisted departures.
- Subjects: Israel-Hamas conflict; Australian Government assisted departures; The Voice to Parliament referendum.
- Subjects: The Voice Referendum; Hamas-Israel conflict, Government-assisted repatriation flights.
- Subjects: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament referendum; Israel-Hamas conflict.
- Subjects: Voice referendum; Hamas-Israel conflict; repatriation flights; release of Cheng Lei; relationship with China, PM visit to China.
- Subjects: Hamas-Israel conflict; Philippines–Australia Ministerial Meeting (PAMM) in Adelaide.
- Subjects: Hamas-Israel conflict; Voice to Parliament referendum.
- Subjects: Philippines–Australia Ministerial Meeting (PAMM) in Adelaide; Hamas-Israel conflict.
- Subjects: Hamas-Israel conflict; Hamas attack; support for Australians.
September
- Subjects: Voice to Parliament; funding for Australian Indigenous Doctors Association; Australia’s health system; Qatar; Timor Leste and China; South Australian Voice to Parliament.
- Subjects: UN Security Council high-level debate on maintenance of peace and security in Ukraine; High Seas Biodiversity Treaty; Climate Ambition Summit; Russia’s breaches of the UN Charter; Australian support for WHO pandemic preparedness; Julian Assange
- Subjects: Libya floods; Kim Jong Un meeting with Vladimir Putin in Russia; Pacific Islands Forum; new government in Vanuatu; regional visa discussions.
- Subjects: Visit to Fiji and the Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting; Australia’s relationship with Fiji; climate change, Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM).
- Subjects: Australia’s humanitarian assistance in response to Morocco earthquake; targeted sanctions in response to human rights violations in Iran; ONI climate report; democracy in Israel; Voice to Parliament referendum.
- Subjects: Southeast Asia Economic Strategy; Qatar; Voice to Parliament; Lumpy Skin Disease; Air Services Agreements.
August
- Subjects: Visit to Vietnam; climate change funding in Mekong River Delta
- Subjects: Visit to Vietnam; British engagement in the region; Cheng Lei; The Voice to Parliament.
- Subjects: ALP National Conference; AUKUS; Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; Strategic competition; Nuclear waste; Detainment of Cheng Lei; Occupied Palestinian Territories nomenclature.
- Subject: Middle East policy
- Subjects: Removal of Chinese tariffs on Australian barley; WTO disputes with China; Detention of Australian citizens in China.
July
- Subjects: Talisman Sabre MRH-90 incident; AUSMIN dialogue; Australia-US Alliance; AUKUS; Taiwan; Haiti; Niger; Conflict in Ukraine; Julian Assange; Engagement in the Pacific.
- Subjects: Talisman Sabre MRH-90 incident; AUSMIN; Australia-US relations
- Subjects: AUSMIN; Australia-US bilateral relations.
- Subjects: Women’s World Cup; Gender Equality Symposium; Afghan women’s football team; AUSMIN; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament.
- Subjects: FIFA Women’s World Cup; Matildas’ loss to Nigeria; AUSMIN; cooperation in the Pacific and on climate change; Prime Minister’s visits to US and China.
- Subjects: AUSMIN; cooperation in the Pacific and on climate change.
- Subjects: Indonesia and ASEAN’s importance to Australia; Australia’s commitment to a peaceful, stable region; Condemnation of North Korea's testing of an ICBM.
- Subjects: China trade impediments; PM China visit; Australians detained in China; Hong Kong.
- Subjects: ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting; Meeting with Director of China’s Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs; China-Solomon Islands policing pact.
- Subjects: ASEAN-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting; East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting; ASEAN Regional Forum; Pacific Islands Forum; Hong Kong security laws; Australia-China relations; China and the Solomon Islands.
- Subjects: Foreign Minister’s visit to Timor-Leste; Greater Sunrise project; Official Development Assistance to Timor-Leste; protecting maritime zones
- Subjects: Queensland Government housing announcement; Greens blocking Albanese Government’s Housing Australia Future Fund; Donald Trump Jr.
- Subjects: Australia-Indonesia relations; AUKUS; Hong Kong national security law; Julian Assange; Special Envoy for the Pacific and Regional Affairs; Russia-Ukraine War.
June
- Subjects: Russia-Ukraine War; Wagner mercenary group; Military and humanitarian aid package.
May
- Subjects: Indian Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Australia; Australia-India relations; cooperation on climate change and energy; violence at Hindu temples in Australia; Cricket World Cup.
- Subjects: Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Australia; Australia-India relationship; Khalistan referendum; Inaugural Advisory Board for Centre for Australia-India Relations.
- Subjects: Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Australia; Australia’s relationship with India; Meeting of India’s Prime Minister and Ukraine’s President; Australia China relationship and trade impediments; Foreign interference.
- Subjects: Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Australia; Australia’s relationship with India; Human rights; Meeting of India’s Prime Minister and Ukraine’s President.
- Subjects: Australia-Philippines relationship; Strategic Partnership with Philippines; Montevideo Maru; Joint maritime cooperation; South China Sea; ASEAN; China trade.
- Subjects: Philippines-Australia Relations; Philippines-Australia Status of Visiting Forces Agreement; ASEAN Nations; South China Sea; Relationship between China and ASEAN Nations, Trade Investment in the Philippines; Southeast Asia Economic Strategy.
- Subjects: China and the Pacific; Papua New Guinea-US security pact; Threat of climate change in the Pacific; Visits to Pacific Island Forum countries.
- Subjects: The Sudan conflict; Evacuation of Australians.
- Subjects: Rights to “Tasmanian Devils” name; Crisis in Sudan; Evacuation flight to Cyprus; Australia’s trade relationship with China; Australians detained in China; Conduct of Australians in Indonesia.
- Subjects: Crisis in Sudan; Humanitarian flight to Cyprus; Barley trade dispute; Pacific leaders meeting in Port Moresby.
- Subjects: 13th Singapore Australia Joint Ministerial Committee; defence cooperation; energy into the Singapore market; UN Convention on the Law of the Sea; research and development; China’s bid to join the CPTPP; AUKUS.
April
- Subjects: Visit to Tuvalu; Australia’s engagement with the Pacific; Labour mobility programs; Climate change; Visit to TCAP site; COP 31.
- Subjects: Visit to New Caledonia; Australia-New Caledonia relations; AUKUS and the Treaty of Rarotonga; Australia’s engagement with the Pacific.
- Subjects: Pacific and Southeast Asia; AUKUS; Tibet; Human rights; Taiwan; CPTPP; PALM scheme; Port of Darwin; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; First Nations diplomacy; Papua New Guinea population; Julian Assange; Regional cooperation; Climate change.
- Subjects: Voice to parliament; Australia-China trade; Taiwan; Prime Minister’s attendance at NATO summit.
- Subjects: China; Australian barley; Taiwan; Ukraine; Julian Leeser; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament; Matildas; FIFA Women’s World Cup.
- Subjects: Australian Government’s agreement with China on pathway towards lifting duties on Australian barley; Prime Minister’s attendance at NATO summit; Australia’s relationship with China.
March
- AUKUS; China; Budget repair.
- Subjects: AUKUS; Australia-China relationship; storage of nuclear waste; Downing of US drone over Black Sea.
- Subjects: AUKUS; Downing of US drone; Australia-China relationship
- Subjects: AUKUS Agreement; South Australian manufacturing industry; Construction of new shipyards; Defence skills.
- Subjects: AUKUS; Australia-China relations; North Korean missile tests; Southeast Asia Economic Strategy.
- Subjects: AUKUS announcement; investment in South Australia; China’s response.
- Subjects: AUKUS Agreement; investment in South Australia; nuclear waste.
- Subjects: Adelaide International Women’s Day Breakfast; AUKUS.
- Subjects: World Pride March; LGBTQIA+ rights.
- Subjects: Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting; G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting; freedom of the press; Russia’s presence in Ukraine.
- Subjects: Foreign Ministers' G20 Meeting and bilateral talks; Australia-China relationship; Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; Indian Prime Minister Modi’s G20 address.
- Subjects: India-Australia relations; the G20 Summit; Indo-Pacific security; Russia-Ukraine war.
February
- Subjects: One year since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine; additional military assistance to Ukraine; further sanctions on Russian individuals and organisations; Pacific Islands Forum; US troops training in Taiwan; China-US relations
- Subjects: Pacific Islands Forum, launch of the Fiji Rugby Union 2023 Women's Rugby campaign, PacificAus Sports program, Australian assistance to rebuild cyclone-damaged schools.
- Subjects: Signing of MOU between Australian and Kiribati Governments.
- Subjects: Australia-PNG Ministerial Forum; Australia-PNG visa processing; Australia-PNG security treaty; Fukushima water release; US-China relations; Australia’s relationship with China; Lombrum Naval Base.
- Subjects: Bali Process Ministerial Conference; Türkiye earthquake; AUKUS; meeting with President of Kiribati.
- Subjects: Security cameras in government buildings; US-China balloon incident; Bali Process Ministerial Conference in Adelaide.
- Subjects: Bali Process Ministerial Conference in Adelaide; earthquake in Türkiye; first shipment of Australian coal to China in more than two years; Australia’s relationship with China
- Subjects: US-China balloon incident; Australia-China relations; Voice to Parliament Referendum.
- Subjects: US-China balloon incident; Australia-China relations.
- Subjects: US-China balloon incident; US Secretary of State postponing visit to China; Australia’s relationship with China.
- Subjects: US-China balloon incident, Voice to Parliament.
- Australia’s contribution to training of Ukrainian soldiers; War in Ukraine.
- Subjects: Targeted sanctions in response to human rights violations in Myanmar and Iran; sanctions on individuals and entities in Iran over the supply of drones to Russia for use against Ukraine; Julian Assange; Australia’s identity and foreign policy
January
- Subjects: Australia-France relationship; Support for Ukraine; Climate change; The Indo-Pacific; AUKUS.
- Subjects: Resignation of NZ Prime Minister; Detention of two Australians in China; Australia-China relationship; Appointment of Kevin Rudd as Australian Ambassador to US; Defence Strategic Review.
2022
December
- Subjects: Meeting with Foreign Minister Wang Yi; Australia-China Foreign and Strategic Dialogue; Trade; Cheng Lei and Dr Yang Hengjun; Human rights; CPTPP.
- Subjects: Arrival in China; Detained Australians; Trade of Australian Goods.
- Foreign Minister visit to Beijing; Australia-China diplomatic relations; Appointments of new diplomatic postings; Gun laws; Australia-Pacific relations; Christmas wishes
- Subjects: Bipartisan delegation to the Pacific; Australia-Palau relationship; Palau’s climate leadership; Australia’s bid to co-host COP31; Palau tourism; recognition of Taiwan; Coalition’s track-record on climate.
- Subjects: Marking 35 years of diplomatic relations with FSM, bipartisan delegation visit, Pacific Islands Forum, bilateral security agreement with Vanuatu, relations with China, climate, COVID-19
- Subjects: Australia-Vanuatu Bilateral Security Agreement; China’s development assistance to the Pacific; Pacific priorities; climate change.
- Subjects: Bilateral security agreement between Australia and Vanuatu; launch of Guardian class patrol vessels; security in the Pacific; death of Constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold.
- Subjects: Bipartisan visit to Pacific Islands; Australia-Vanuatu diplomatic relations; Climate change; Pacific Islands Labour Mobility Scheme; BO Declaration; Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific; Education; Bid to host COP.
- Subjects: Visit by NZ Foreign Minister; CPTPP; Lehrmann trial; Neil Prakash; AUKUS; Legal system in Kiribati.
November
- Subjects: Professor Sean Turnell; MH17 criminal trial verdict; China-Australia relationship; detention of Cheng Lei and Dr Yang Hengjun; Chinese President Xi Jinping’s conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; Australia’s Ambassador to Ira
- Subjects: Flight MH17 criminal trial verdict; Professor Sean Turnell; Myanmar.
- Subjects: Prime Minister’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping; detention of Cheng Lei and Dr Yang Hengjun; trade sanctions; human rights violations in Xinjiang; Taiwan; relationship with China.
- Subjects: Missile strikes on Ukraine, missile strike in Polish Territory; Prime Minister’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping; relationship with China; detention of Cheng Lei and Dr Yang Hengjun; human rights violations in Xinjiang.
- Subjects: Missile strikes on Ukraine, missile strike in Polish Territory; Prime Minister’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping; relationship with China
- Subjects: Missile strikes on Ukraine, missile strike in Polish Territory; Australia’s support to Ukraine; Prime Minister’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping; relationship with China; Donald Trump announcing 2024 US presidential bid
- Subjects: Australia-Thailand 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations; economic relations; technological innovation; renewable energy partnerships.
October
- Subjects: Australia-Cook Islands relations; Oa Tumanava partnership signing; climate change; Pacific Islands Forum.
- Subjects: 35th anniversary of Australian relations with Marshall Islands; climate change; Minister launching content on ABC radio; regional cooperation in the Pacific.
- Subjects: Australia and India’s relationship; Indo-Pacific; the Quad; Ukraine; AUKUS; Australia’s nuclear submarines; AUKUS.
September
- Subjects: Professor Sean Turnell; Hurricane Ian; diplomatic postings; US-Pacific Island partnership.
- Subjects: Russia-Ukraine conflict; China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific; China-Taiwan relations.
- Subjects: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; Russia-China Relations; UN Charter; AUKUS; Taiwan; Climate; First Nations foreign policy.
- Subjects: The UN General Assembly; UN Security Council; Solomon Islands; war crimes in Ukraine; referendums in Ukraine.
- Subjects: Meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi; 2050 strategy for the Blue Pacific; detention of Cheng Lei and Yang Hengjun; Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; Former Prime Minister Abe’s funeral.
- Subjects: National Day Mourning; downing MH17; Russia-Ukraine conflict; First Nations foreign policy; Declaration Indigenous People's Rights; debt load poorer countries; Greater Sunrise project; Chinese military escalation; UN Secretary-General's address
- Subjects: UN General Assembly, Ambassador for First Nations people, Voice to Parliament, China and Taiwan, Russia-Ukraine conflict.
- Subjects: Solomon Islands elections; Liz Truss; UK High Commissioner; human rights violations in Xinjiang; Timor-Leste economic sovereignty; Greater Sunrise project; Rachelle Miller settlement.
- Subjects: Liz Truss; David Pocock; climate change legislation; Australia’s relationship with Solomon Islands.
- Subjects: Foreign Minister’s visit to Timor-Leste; additional budget support for Timor-Leste; Greater Sunrise project; Timor-Leste’s accession to ASEAN and the WTO; labour mobility schemes; strategic competition in the region.
August
- Subjects: Visit to Papua New Guinea & Timor-Leste, engaging Pacific Nations, humanitarian assistance to Pakistan.
- Subjects: Australia-PNG relationship, infrastructure building, women in PNG leadership, Australian visas, Pacific labour mobility scheme.
- Subjects: Australia’s relationship with Papua New Guinea; regional stability; trade with Papua New Guinea; Digicel; fatal shooting of Indonesian fisherman.
- Subjects: Australia’s relationship with Latvia; Russia’s war on Ukraine; EU Australia Free Trade Agreement; Cross-Strait tensions; Australia’s relationship with China.
- Subjects: Opening of Australian Centre for Education campus, 70th anniversary of Australia-Cambodia relations, ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Taiwan, Myanmar, Sean Turnell, AUKUS.
- Subjects: Visit by Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, ASEAN meetings, Defence strategic review.
July
- Subjects: COVID management, Pacific Islands Forum, US engagement in the Pacific, Kiribati.
- Subjects: Meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister, Australia-China relations, Pacific Islands Forum, US engagement in the Pacific.
- Subjects: Pacific Island Forum; visit to Fiji; bilaterals with Pacific Island leaders; relationship with the Pacific region; climate change; China; Vice President of the United States announcement; migration; Pacific Island workers in Australia.
- Subjects: Pacific Islands Forum, climate change, COVID recovery, COP29 hosting, Vanuatu request to ICJ, emissions target, US-Pacific relations, Australian assistance to Kiribati, 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent, Pacific labour mobility.
- Subjects: Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe, G20, meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
- Subjects: G20, Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Minister’s Meeting, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Australia-China relations, Taiwan.
- Subjects: G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Australia-China relations, Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Solomon Islands, Japan.
- Subjects: Australia-Singapore relations, Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, global supply chains, green energy, G20 meetings, Australia-China relations, Australia-Singapore Green Economy Agreement.
June
- Subjects: Australia-Malaysia relations, modern Australia, parliamentary diversity, South China Sea.
- Southeast Asia visit, ASEAN centrality, Pacific Islands Forum, AUKUS Five Power Defence Arrangement, cybersecurity, consular, visit to Kota Kinabalu, Myanmar sanctions, Professor Sean Turnell.
- Subjects: Australia-Malaysia relations; Comprehensive Strategic Partnership; ASEAN-Australia relations; regional issues; Foreign Minister Malaysian heritage; AUKUS; food prices.
- Subjects: Visit to Solomon Islands; Pacific labour mobility; regional security; Solomon Islands election; climate change.
- Subjects: 501 visa policy, Australia–New Zealand relations, Pacific engagement, Foreign Ministers meeting.
- Subjects: Solomon Islands, Pacific engagement, Australia–New Zealand relations, 501 visa policy, First Nations foreign policy.
- Subjects: Australia/New Zealand relationship, First Nations foreign policy, Pacific engagement, climate change, Pacific Islands Forum, regional security, regional architecture, 501 visa policy, Nauru, Taiwan Strait.
- Subjects: Tonga visit; Australian Government’s action on climate change; Pacific labour schemes; Pacific Engagement visa; development assistance to Tonga.
- Subjects: Visit to Samoa; Chinese Foreign Minister’s visit to Pacific; relationship with China; detention of Australian citizens in China; Julian Assange.
- Subjects: Visit to Samoa; Australian Government’s action on climate change; new Guardian-class patrol boat for Samoa; Pacific worker schemes; Pacific Engagement visa; PACER Plus agreement; China’s proposed regional security pact.
- Subjects: Visit to Samoa and Tonga; Chinese influence in the Pacific; visit to Indonesia.
May
- Subjects: Australia's relationship with Fiji; Pacific labour visas; Chinese influence in Pacific.