Penny Wong has accused the Coalition of disregarding calls from the intelligence community to cool down rhetoric during a fiery exchange in senate estimates.

Australia "strongly disagrees" with Thailand's decision to transfer 40 Uyghurs to China against their will and has raised concerns about their treatment with the Chinese government, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Friday.

The treasurer said his decision was in line with the advice of the Foreign Investment Review Board, and that the approval is subject to legally enforceable conditions including Australian representation on Virgin’s board, long-haul flight training of Australian pilots and cabin crews in Doha, and protection of its customer data.

The foreign minister accused the Coalition of seeking political advantage from ships’ exercises in the Tasman with inflammatory rhetoric on China.

Australia's foreign policy priorities include our strategic position in the Pacific, expanding economic ties with South-East Asia and broadening ties with regional powers like India and Japan.

Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister David Coleman has commented on revelations that Foreign Minister Penny Wong failed to meet Israeli representatives at the United Nations last year.

Sky News host Danica De Giorgio says Penny Wong has “miserably failed” Australia on the world stage. Foreign Minister Penny Wong failed to meet Israeli representatives at the United Nations last year.

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong says her government has warned international airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand to beware of Chinese warships conducting a live-fire ex

Sky News host Rita Panahi has blasted the “weakness, ineptitude and broken far-left ideology” of the Albanese Labor government.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong presses China to be more transparent about the actions of its warships off Australia's east coast after they issued a live fire drill warning at short notice on Friday.

Australia has announced its largest sanctions against Russia since February 2022, impacting 70 individuals and 79 companies. The restrictions include those related to military cooperation with North Korea as well as the defense and financial sectors.

Australia plans to review the fallout on Southeast Asia and the Pacific of President Donald Trump’s planned cuts to USAID as Canberra’s latest foreign policy assessment warned of an “increasingly unpredictable” global strategic outlook.