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In this latest SBS Hindi bulletin: Prime Minister Scott Morrison promises to change his "bulldozer" style leadership if re-elected; Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Shadow Foreign Minister Penny Wong highlight increasing instability in the Indo-Pacific region in their debate at the National Press Club; Blak Douglas becomes the second Aboriginal artist to claim the Archibald Prize in the competition's 101-year history and more.

Pacific foreign aid would receive a half-a-billion dollar boost over four years if Labor wins the May election. The federal opposition announced its election package to bolster Australia's diplomatic and strategic links in the Pacific to the backdrop of the security pack struck between China and the Solomon Islands. Foreign Minister Marise Payne has criticised the announcement saying it lacks substance. Guest: Senator Kristina Keneally, Shadow Home Affairs Minister

Foreign Minister Marise Payne says the Government is already undertaking a number of the measures Labor has announced to try and restore trust in Australia across the Pacific. She says while China's defence deal with the Solomon Islands is deeply concerning, the Government has been assured a military base will not be built and Australia will remain the Solomons' security partner of choice

Ghosts of Campaigns past have returned to scare Australian voters before the May 21 federal poll. Jacinda finally leaves fortress NZ after two years for Japan. Join Tim Wilms and Stephen Berry live tonight at 6pm Melbourne time and 8pm Auckland time for Trad Tasman Talk. Stephen has relaunched his Mr Berry Mr Berry show after being fired from Officewokes after some co-workers were triggered and offended by his final episode. Victoria, NSW, and the ACT have eased close contact isolation rules with other states set to follow. In Victoria retail and hospitality workers, and primary schools students no longer have to wear masks. Vaccine passports and QR codes also end but worker vaccine mandates remain. NZ has also ended its vaccine passport system though there are still some businesses that are voluntarily enforcing them. Labor leader Anthony Albanese has tested positive for covid so will be in isolation for 7 days. Despite Albo's stumbles Labor is ahead in the Mr Berry poll of polls though he did perform well in the Sky News people's forums. Liberal candidate for Warringah Katherine Deves continues to have her controversial transgender comments on her old social media reported almost daily by the mainstream media. She has apologized for suggesting that 50% of trans-identifying biological males were sex offenders and there was a link between transvestism and serial killers. Labor's Kristina Kenneally's parachuted move to the lower house isn't a guarantee with Deputy Mayor of Fairfield Dai Li running for the seat of Folwer as an independent. Kenneally attempted this week to sell Labor's new Mediscare style campaign claiming that the Coalition plans to put pensioners on the cashless debit welfare card, the ABC fact check debunked this claim with an 'election scare alert'. Pacific Islands Minister Zed Seselja traveled to the Solomon Islands in a last-ditch attempt to stop the nation's Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare from signing a security pact with China. Foreign Minister Marise Payne corrected Seselja that the government did know about the pact before it was leaked on social media. Defence Minister Peter Dutton has hit out at Deputy Labor Leader Richard Marles for a book chapter he wrote stating that Pacific Islands could enter into any agreement with China they wanted to. Jacinda Ardern is on her first international trip since she closed the borders in March 2020 to Japan. She was greeted by the dancing Zespri kiwifruit brothers. We round out the show by looking at the polling for the French Presidential election runoff where Emmanuel Macron is against up against nationalist Marine Le Pen. The Unshackled Links: Website: https://www.theunshackled.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackled Twitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackled Gab: https://gab.com/theunshackled Minds: https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled/ Telegram: https://t.me/theunshackled MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/theunshackled Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_unshackled Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/theunshackled/ Free eBook: http://theunshackledbattlefield.net/ Unshackled Productions: WilmsFront: http://www.timwilms.com Trad Tasman Talk: https://www.theunshackled.net/ttt/ The Report from Tiger Mountain: http://reportfromtigermountain.com/ Support Our Work:  Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membership Donate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackled Store: https://www.theunshackled.net/store/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne says she is seeking to confirm reports of the use of chemical weapons by Russia in the war on Ukraine. - Η Αυστραλία ερευνά μαζί με τους συμμάχους της, καταγγελίες για χρήση χημικών όπλων, αλλά και βιασμούς, από τις Ρωσικές δυνάμεις στην Ουκρανία. Ο Ουκρανός πρόεδρος Volodymyr Zelenskyy ανέφερε ότι ήδη «δεκάδες χιλιάδες» άνθρωποι έχουν χάσει την ζωή τους, κατά την Ρωσική επίθεση στο στρατηγικό λιμάνι της Μαριούπολης. 

Foreign Minister Marise Payne said the latest round of sanctions came in response to "the emergence of evidence of war crimes" committed by Russia in Ukraine - Министр иностранных дел Марис Пейн заявила, что новый пакет санкций был принят в ответ на «появление доказательств военных преступлений», совершенных Россией в Украине.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne arrives in Europe for crucial NATO talks; breaking down the petrol price drop - what savings to expect and how long it will last; and groundbreaking Australian research into pain in babiesDon't miss The Latest, streaming Monday-Thursday at 8pm AEST exclusively first on 7plus, followed by The Latest bulletin on Channel 7 (check local guides).Get the latest from 7NEWS across the day at 7NEWS.com.au and 7plus.com.au/news; and tune in for 7NEWS nightly at 6. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a move the Nationals are labelling one of their biggest achievements this term, farm workers from Vietnam will be the first to be employed under the federal government's Agriculture Visa. Foreign Minister Marise Payne announced Vietnam has signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Australia in a statement this afternoon. Guest: David Littleproud, Agriculture Minister

Australia has joined with the Netherlands to start legal proceedings against Russia in the International Civil Aviation Organisation over the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014. 298 people were killed in the attack, including 38 Australians. Foreign Minister Marise Payne says Australia will rely on overwhelming evidence the plane was shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile. Guest: Meryn O'Brien, mother of Jack O'Brien who was killed in the downing of MH17

Kicking off International Women's Day on 'Bensley' with the Foreign Minister Marise Payne! She joins Andrew Bensley to chat about her role within Parliament, the growth of Women representation AND her love of Racing.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on "all citizens of the world" to join Ukraine's defence. He said Ukraine would welcome overseas fighters and would consider establishing a foreign legion to combat the Russian invasion.   Australian law makes it an offence to become a foreign fighter without being a member of a foreign country's armed forces.  Dr Sara Megar, a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Melbourne explains how and why fighters take up arms for other countries. Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne said anyone travelling to the region to join the conflict may be breaking the law, but as many as 20 people had placed calls with the Ukraine embassy to ask to sign up. On today's Briefing, the globalisation of armed conflict.   Todays Headlines Shane Warne has begun final journey home More rain forecast for flood-stricken east coast Ukraine renews calls for no-fly zone Nuclear powered subs to be based on east coast Mike Cannon-Brookes abandons AGL takeover bid Follow The Briefing DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE BRIEFING NEWSLETTER. LINK IS IN OUR BIO ON INSTAGRAM Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast  Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAU Twitter: @TheBriefingAU  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A group of Australian special police have headed to the Solomon Islands, with more on the way alongside ADF personnel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The NSW Agriculture Minister's demand for more foreign workers could soon be met by a national agreement - if the other states and territories sign off on it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's hope of some thawing in the relationship between Australia and France with the Ambassador returning to Canberra but things aren't back to the way they were before the $90b submarine contract was scrapped.

France would have known Australia had “deep and grave concerns” that a submarine fleet the French were building would not meet Australian needs, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday after the contract's cancellation set off a diplomatic crisis.France accused Australia of concealing its intentions to back out of the 90 billion Australian dollar ($66 billion) contract for French majority state-owned Naval Group to build 12 conventional diesel-electric submarines.President Joe Biden revealed last week a new alliance including Australia and Britain that would deliver an Australian fleet of at least eight nuclear-powered submarines.Morrison blamed the switch on a deteriorating strategic environment in the Indo-Pacific. He has not specifically referred to China's massive military buildup, which has gained pace in recent years.“The capability that the Attack class submarines were going to provide was not what Australia needed to protect our sovereign interests,” Morrison said.“They would have had every reason to know that we have deep and grave concerns that the capability being delivered by the Attack class submarine was not going to meet our strategic interests and we have made very clear that we would be making a decision based on our strategic national interest,” he added, referring to the French government.France responded to the contract cancellation, which Morrison has said will cost his government at least AU$2.4 billion ($1.7 billion), by recalling its ambassadors from Australia and the United States.French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Saturday denounced what he called the “duplicity, disdain and lies” surrounding the sudden end of the contract and said France was now questioning the strength of the alliance.On Sunday, the French government spokesman said President Emmanuel Macron will speak in the coming days with Biden in what will be their first contact since the crisis erupted.The phone call is at the request of Biden, spokesman Gabriel Attal said, adding that there was “shock” and “anger” at first. But now it's time to try to move forward, he said.China has denounced the sharing of such U.S. and British nuclear technology as irresponsible.France won the contract in 2016 over offers from Germany and Japan. The Shortfin Barracuda was to be a nuclear submarine design adapted to be powered by diesel on the surface and battery underwater.Japan was particularly disappointed because then-Prime Minister Tony Abbott had promised the close defense ally the contract before he was deposed by his own party in 2015.The government has talked down media reports of ructions between the partners in the French submarine project and delays on the original delivery date of 2027.There have been concerns of a defense capability gap emerging that the aging Australia-made Collins class conventional submarines could not fill.Australia's first nuclear submarines are not expected to be delivered until close to 2040.Defense Minister Peter Dutton said his government was prepared to lease nuclear submarines from the United States while Australia's fleet was being built.Dutton and Foreign Minister Marise Payne are in the United States for annual meetings with their U.S. counterparts and their first with the Biden administration.Morrison flies to the United States on Monday for a meeting with Biden and the leaders of India and Japan that make up the Quad security forum.Text by Rod McGuirk, AP

Graphic pictures of mayhem confront the world as desperate Afghans attempt to flee their country, after the Taliban's seizure of Kabul. Australia's moral responsibly to evacuate people who assisted the Australian Defence Force, and may now face Taliban retribution, has become an important part of our exit from this lost war.  The government is mounting a rescue mission for some of these people, as well as for Australians still in the country. But speaking on the podcast, Anthony Albanese describes the government's effort as "the latest example of too little, too late". Meanwhile, in Australia at present there are more than 4,200 Afghan refugees on temporary visas. Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Tuesday that "at this stage" no visa holder will be asked to return to Afghanistan. Scott Morrison said the government "had no plans" to return any of these people. Albanese says the government should give them permanent residency. "The idea that people, for example many of whom are Hazaras, are on temporary protection visas - the idea that the circumstances are going to change, that these are temporary circumstances - is just not real" Albanese says.  "It doesn't acknowledge the circumstances which these people confront. And we want them to fully participate in Australian society, and they should have the capacity to become full Australian citizens."

China has rejected the World Health Organisation's plan to conduct a second investigation into the pandemic's origins, after the first proved inconclusive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne is under pressure to make allowances for compassionate cases, after multiple fully-vaccinated Australians were barred from seeing family. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Australian government says it was blindsided on Tuesday by the United Nations heritage organisation's warning it is considering listing the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”. The move could mean the reef loses its status as a natural wonder. Environment Minister Sussan Ley and Foreign Minister Marise Payne responded to UNESCO immediately, saying Australia's stewardship of the reef was “world class”. But the listing would likely be related to global warming, with Australia under pressure to set a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Today on Please Explain, climate and energy correspondent Mike Foley joins Tory Maguire to discuss UNESCO's draft decision to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage status. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Australian government says it was blindsided on Tuesday by the United Nations heritage organisation's warning it is considering listing the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”. The move could mean the reef loses its status as a natural wonder. Environment Minister Sussan Ley and Foreign Minister Marise Payne responded to UNESCO immediately, saying Australia's stewardship of the reef was “world class”. But the listing would likely be related to global warming, with Australia under pressure to set a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Today on Please Explain, climate and energy correspondent Mike Foley joins Tory Maguire to discuss UNESCO's draft decision to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage status. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian writer Dr Yang Hengjun will go on trial today in China more than two years after he was arrested on espionage charges, which he denies. Foreign Minister Marise Payne says Chinese authorities are yet to provide any explanation or evidence on the charges facing Dr Yang despite repeated requests from Australia.

One of Australia's top generals reportedly told troops there was a “high likelihood” of war with China in a leaked briefing last year.Major-General Adam Findlay gave the candid and confidential briefing to Australia's special forces soldiers last year, according to a report in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday.General Findlay, who has since stepped down but still advises the Australian Defence Force, reportedly said that China was already engaged in “grey zone” warfare and that Australia must prepare for the “high likelihood” it could spill over into actual conflict.“Who do you reckon the main (regional) threat is?” General Findlay asked his troops and officers before answering: “China.”He continued: “OK, so if China is a threat, how many special forces brigades in China? You should know there are 26,000 Chinese SOF (Special Operations Forces) personnel.”It comes as Australia's former chief of operations in Iraq says war with China is a genuine threat – and he warns Australia is not ready for what's coming.Writing in The Australian newspaper on Monday, Senator Jim Molan delivered a bleak assessment of Australia's preparedness for a war that he says is “likely”.It wouldn't start as a direct war between Australia and China, but would more likely be a war that Australia could find itself fighting on behalf of its most powerful ally, Senator Molan said.“Many ordinary Australians, not just those who have personally experienced global conflict, are awakening to the sombre reality that war is not just possible in our region, but likely,” he wrote.“Armed to the teeth, adversaries are manoeuvring ships and planes around each other, intimidating and threatening, loaded with real weapons of war, forging alliances.”He said Australia would be making a mistake if leaders do not act now to strengthen a military that is not capable of winning a war against “a peer opponent”.War ‘should not be discounted'The comments add to weeks of back of forth between Australia and China – two nations that are doing a lot of talking despite not talking directly.If you missed it, things really kicked off when Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo, in an Anzac Day address to staff, said the “drums of war beat”. Those comments made headlines around the world.Defence Minister Petter Dutton told the ABC the same day that war with China is a realistic prospect.“I don't think it should be discounted,” he said. “People need to be realistic.”Prime Minister Scott Morrison chimed in, telling Sydney's Daily Telegraph that Australia will be prepared for whatever comes.“Our focus is on pursuing peace, stability and a free and open Indo-Pacific, with a world order that favours freedom,” Mr Morrison said.“Working with the United States, our allies and Indo-Pacific neighbours, we will continue advance Australia's interests by investing in the Australian Defence Force, particularly across Northern Australia.”Just this morning, Foreign Minister Marise Payne warned Australia would not take a backwards step to China.“We do not try to buy influence to advantage our individual countries; rather, we know that a stable, secure neighbourhood of sovereign states, in which we have networks of familiarity and trust, are good, safe places for our people to live and thrive,” she said.China attacked Australia's leaders, labelling them “troublemakers” with a “Cold War mentality”. An official newspaper warned of “severe countermeasures” if Canberra resorts to “provocative actions”.Foreign Ministry spokesman Lijian Zhao responded to Mr Pezzullo's comments with provocative remarks of his own.Mr Zhao – the diplomat who last year sparked a furious reaction from Prime Minister Scott Morrison after he posted a doctored photo on Twitter depicting an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of an Afghan child – said “individual politicians in Australia” were making trouble.“(They are), out of their selfish interests, keen to make statements...

UAE becomes second biggest buyer of US Treasury securities The United Arab Emirates surpassed China to become the second-biggest buyer of US Treasury securities in February after the UK. The oil-rich Gulf nation has added nearly 17-billion dollars' worth of US debt since January, raising its holdings to 50-point-6 billion dollars. The monthly haul was the biggest ever for the UAE. Australia scraps Victoria's Belt and Road deals with China Australia has scrapped agreements that the state of Victoria struck with China to co-operate on Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative. Foreign Minister Marise Payne says the deals agreed in 2018 and 2019 were inconsistent with Australia's foreign policy. Two other agreements between Victoria and the governments of Iran and Syria have also been cancelled. UK sues video app TikTok over use of children's data TikTok is being sued for several billion dollars for violating UK and EU data protection laws. The suit filed in London accuses the popular video app and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, of illegally collecting the personal information of millions of children in the UK and Europe. TikTok says the claims are meritless and that it would defend itself in court.

Beijing has hit back after Foreign Minister Marise Payne tore up Victoria's controversial Belt and Road agreement with China. Plus, environmental groups have blasted Victoria's plan to tax electric vehicles. And the principal of Lindfield Learning Village has apologised after students created posters with phrases such as “stop killer cops” and “pigs out of the country” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Federal Government steps in and tears up Victoria's Belt and Road Initiative deals with China ... all eyes are now on Beijing and its likely retaliation ... my guest is the Foreign Minister Marise Payne;

The Federal Government steps in and tears up Victoria's Belt and Road Initiative deals with China ... all eyes are now on Beijing and its likely retaliation ... my guest is the Foreign Minister Marise Payne;

The Prime Minister has hailed the opening of the new trans-Tasman travel bubble as a world-first milestone. Speaking at her post-Cabinet press conference, Jacinda Ardern said Tourism New Zealand forecasting suggested the bubble could mean a billion-dollar boost to the economy. Jacinda Ardern also sought to ease any New Zealanders' fears about the travel arrangement, saying the government's expert advisors deemed it low-risk. She says New Zealand retains the right to close the bubble or alter the arrangement at any time if Australia widens its bubble to other countries. Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne will make use of the bubble this week, flying into New Zealand on Wednesday to meet with her Kiwi counterpart for the first time since the pandemic began. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will also visit in the near future. Ardern has not made firm plans to visit Australia yet, but says when she does it will be for work purposes, not recreation.

Linda Reynolds's position as Defence Minister has been labelled ‘untenable' after the Western Australian MP extended her sick leave by nearly a month on Sunday.Ms Reynolds has been plagued by scandal in recent weeks, after former staffer Brittany Higgins alleged she was raped in the Minister's office in 2019.The Minister took sick leave for a pre-existing cardiac issue shortly after, on February 24, as pressure mounted over the way Ms Reynolds and other senior ministers had handled the issue, and questions arose as to who knew what, and when. .It has also been revealed Ms Reynolds called the victim a “lying cow” in front of another staffer when media reports began to surface about the alleged assault.Labor senator Kristina Keneally said she hopes Ms Reynolds is making a full recovery, but blasted the Morrison government over two senior cabinet ministers being absent.Attorney-General Christian Porter has been placed on mental health leave after self-identifying as the Minister being accused of a historical rape allegation.“Her position is untenable,” Ms Keneally said on Sunday in regards to the Defence Minister.“You cannot call the alleged victim of a rape in your own office a lying cow and think that has no consequences.”Ms Reynolds said in a statement issued on Sunday that she would not be returning to her office on Monday, as originally planned, and had been advised by her cardiologist to extend her leave until April 2.“Senator Reynolds has advised Prime Minister Scott Morrison of her doctor's assessment and will continue to consult with the Prime Minister as required,” the statement said.Foreign Minister Marise Payne will continue to act as defence Minister while Ms Reynolds is on leave.“Senator Reynolds is recuperating well and looks forward to resuming her duties as Defence Minister as soon as possible,” the statement said.Ms Reynolds has not publicly denied calling Ms Higgins a lying cow. Ms Higgins has also served a defamation lawsuit against the Defence Minister's office, demanding an apology, which the Minister has made.Ms Reynolds was expected to face questions in parliament and senate estimates in the next two weeks.“Is the Minister of defence, Linda Reynolds, trying to pretend she is (on one hand) well enough to continue as Defence Minister, but not well enough on the other to front up and answer to questions in parliament and the (Senate) estimates?” Ms Keneally said.Ms Keneally said she would welcome an independent investigation into the historical rape allegations made towards Mr Porter.“This is the Liberal government that appointed an independent investigator … to look into allegations (that were) 30 years old about Julia Gillard, her former boyfriend and a kitchen renovation,” she said.“If it is OK for the Liberal government to appoint an independent investigator to look into a kitchen renovation then surely it is OK for … the government to appoint an independent investigator to look into allegations of rape,” she said.  

Foreign Minister Marise Payne denies Australia is interfering in the case of Australian journalist Cheng Lei. A hotel worker from Melbourne contracts the United Kingdom variant of coronavirus. Catch the latest news on SBS Urdu. - سنیئے آسٹریلیا کی تازہ ترین خبریں ایس بی ایس اردو پر۔

Victoria and New South Wales have adopted a mandatory Day 16 COVID-19 test for returned travellers after they leave their 14-day hotel quarantine stay, Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout on track for the end of February, with the first Pfizer doses to arrive in coming weeks, Foreign Minister Marise Payne denies Australia is interfering in the case of Australian journalist Cheng Lei. - ઓસ્ટ્રેલિયામાં ફાઇઝરની રસી આગામી અઠવાડિયાઓમાં ઉપલબ્ધ થશે, ફેબ્રુઆરીના અંત સુધીમાં રસીકરણ શરૂ થશે, ઓસ્ટ્રેલિયાના વિદેશ મંત્રીએ ઓસ્ટ્રેલિયન પત્રકાર ચેંગ લેઇના મામલામાં હસ્તક્ષેપના આરોપો નકાર્યા, વિક્ટોરીયા - ન્યૂ સાઉથ વેલ્સે ક્વોરન્ટાઇનના 16મા દિવસે કોરોનાવાઇરસનો ટેસ્ટ ફરજિયાત કર્યો.

Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne on Thursday said China should give access to World Health Organization officials investigating the origins of COVID-19 without delay.The head of the WHO earlier said he was very disappointed that China had still not authorised the entry of a team of international coronavirus experts.Panye hopes that the necessary permissions for the WHO team’s travel to China can be issued without delay.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne has described an incident at Doha airport, where 13 Australian women were invasively searched without their consent, as a "grossly disturbing" and "concerning" set of events. - Außenministerin Marise Payne verurteilt die intime Untersuchung von 13 australischen Frauen auf dem Flughafen von Doha, nachdem dort ein frühgeborenes Baby in einer Toilette entdeckt worden war. Zeuge des kontroversen Vorfalls ist der Sydney Anwalt Dr. Wolfgang Babeck, der auf dem Rückflug mit den betroffenen Frauen gesprochen hat. Er sagt, dass es sich bei dem Vorkommnis in Doha um eine klare Menschenrechtsverletzung handelt, von der die Betroffenen schwer traumatisiert worden seien.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden square off in final US Presidential debate; Is the Australia Post boss being made a scapegoat over a luxury watches scandal?; And states and territories under pressure to lift the cap on international arrivals, as we interview Foreign Minister Marise Payne.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden square off in final US Presidential debate; Is the Australia Post boss being made a scapegoat over a luxury watches scandal?; And states and territories under pressure to lift the cap on international arrivals, as we interview Foreign Minister Marise Payne.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne has apologised after the personal details of Australians stranded overseas was exposed for the third time in three months. - 해외에 고립된 호주인들의 개인 정보가 세 번째 유출되는 실수가 발생하자 마리스 페인 외무 장관이 사과 입장을 밝혔다.

About 160 passengers on board the first of eight repatriation flights to rescue stranded Aussies will land this afternoon. Foreign Minister Marise Payne explains how the federal government chose who could board the flight. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Proposed mobile phone ban for detainees unnecessary, adds to trauma The Migration Amendment (prohibiting items in immigration detention facilities) Bill 2020 would allow the Minister to deem mobile phones and other internet devices “prohibited items” and grant staff new powers to search detainees without a warrant and allow strip searches and detector dogs within the centres. Groups like Amnesty International, The Australian Medical Association and the Australian Human Rigts Commission have raised concerns about the Bill and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is conducting a campaign to prevent the Bill passing the Senate. Jana Favero is the Director of Campaigns at the ASRC. We discuss how the measures contained in the Bill would affect people currently in and outside detention, the impact of Covid-19 on the people they're seeing at the ASRC and the September Hope Appeal to support the opening of a new community centre in Dandenong.  Myanmar's Rohingya GenocideMost of us remember the images on our television screens in 2017, of the Rohingya people fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh in the face of the extreme violence against them by the Myanmar military and civilians. Dr Ronan Lee is a visiting scholar at Queen Mary University of London’s International State Crime Initiative. He conducted in-depth interviews with Rohingya people during his PhD research and his book, Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech, published by Bloomsbury this month, draws on that research. Ronan discusses the history of the Rohingya people, how their citizenship rights deteriorated from 1962 and the genocide case against Myanmar in the International Court of Justice. We also look at concerns about Australia's training of Myanmar military, a matter raised with Foreign Minister Marise Payne by Human Rights Watch in February this year. See Human Rights Watch press release here. Also check out the 3CR Thursday Breakfast podcast for September 3rd to hear a conversation with JN Joniad, a Rohingya refugee and journalist presently living in Jakarta, Indonesia.   

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All way with DJT? This week Defence Minister Linda Reynolds and Foreign Minister Marise Payne flew to Washington to attend the annual Ausmin talks. The backdrop to this year’s talks is a series of escalating events and rhetoric on Hong Kong’s new national security laws, ownership of the South China Sea,  cyber-attacks and theft,  and the closure of consulates in the US and China.  But the deeper issue on the agenda was a choice. The US was hoping Australia would throw everything in with the US – and officially cast China as a strategic rival. Also, Thatcherism and Reagonomics: lessons for economic recovery? This week Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the kind of free-market policies associated with Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan could help Australia recover from the Covid recession.  Are tax cuts and deregulation the way forward? 

All way with DJT? This week Defence Minister Linda Reynolds and Foreign Minister Marise Payne flew to Washington to attend the annual Ausmin talks. The backdrop to this year’s talks is a series of escalating events and rhetoric on Hong Kong’s new national security laws, ownership of the South China Sea,  cyber-attacks and theft,  and the closure of consulates in the US and China.  But the deeper issue on the agenda was a choice. The US was hoping Australia would throw everything in with the US – and officially cast China as a strategic rival. Also, Thatcherism and Reagonomics: lessons for economic recovery? This week Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the kind of free-market policies associated with Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan could help Australia recover from the Covid recession.  Are tax cuts and deregulation the way forward? 

On 16 June, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne delivered a policy address to the National Security College on Australia and the world in the time of COVID-19. Her remarks, and the following discussion of Australia's future in the region, make up this special episode of National Security Podcast.Is China using the COVID-19 crisis as a reason to spread disinformation about Australia, and how can international institutions, such as the World Health Organization, be safeguarded so that they can do their work without outside interference? In this episode, we host the foreign minister's speech on Australia's place in the world and COVID-19 and her discussion with Professor Rory Medcalf, Head of the National Security College. Senator the Hon Marise Payne is Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women in the Commonwealth Government. A Senator for New South Wales since 1997, she has more than two decades’ parliamentary experience including 12 years’ membership of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade.Professor Rory Medcalf is head of the National Security College at The Australian National University. His professional background involves more than two decades of experience across diplomacy, intelligence analysis, think tanks, and journalism.Chris Farnham is the presenter of the National Security Podcast. He joined the National Security College in June 2015 and is currently Senior Outreach and Policy Officer. His career focus has been on geopolitics with experience working in and out of China for a number of years as well as operating in Australia and Southeast Asia. We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or find us on Facebook. The National Security Podcast and Policy Forum Pod are available on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, and wherever you get your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Australia’s prime minister said Monday that his government is “very sad and concerned” by China's sentencing of an Australian man to death for drug trafficking, and that he had repeatedly raised with China the case of the 56-year-old former actor and motivational speaker.Karm Gilespie was arrested in 2013 at Baiyun Airport in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on charges of attempting to board an international flight with more than 7.5 kilograms (16.5 pounds) of methamphetamine in his check-in luggage.The Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court announced Saturday that Gilespie had been sentenced to death and ordered the confiscation of all of his personal property.Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Foreign Minister Marise Payne and other Australian officials had raised his case with their Chinese counterparts on a number of occasions.“I and the government are very sad and concerned that an Australian citizen, Mr. Karm Gilespie, has been sentenced to death in China,” Morrison told Parliament.“We will continue to provide Mr. Gilespie with consular assistance and engage China on his case. Our thoughts are with him, his family and his loved ones,” he added.The death sentence comes as bilateral relations are under extraordinary strain over Australia’s call for an independent investigation into the coronavirus pandemic, which started in China late last year.Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Monday that the sentence was unrelated to those tensions.“Applying the death penalty to drug crimes that cause extremely serious harm can help in deterring and preventing drug crimes,” Zhao said.Australia should “earnestly respect China’s judicial sovereignty. And the above-mentioned case has nothing to do with bilateral relations,” he added.Trade Minister Simon Birmingham has been trying without success to persuade his Chinese counterpart to accept a phone call over China’s decision to effectively end trade in Australian barley through crippling tariffs last month.China has also banned beef exports from Australia’s largest abattoirs and warned Chinese against visiting the country because of pandemic-related racism.Gilespie is among 62 Australians in detention in China, Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said. Most were arrested on drug trafficking and fraud charges, The Australian newspaper reported. The department would not comment on what they were detained for.The Australian prisoners include Henry Chin, 40, who was sentenced to death in 2005 for attempting to send 270 grams (9.5 ounces) of methamphetamine to Australia a year earlier.Birmingham called Gilespie's sentence “distressing,” but said it shouldn’t necessarily be linked to disputes between China and Australia.Paul Monk, former head of China analysis for the Australian Defense Department, suspected there was a link.“He’s been in jail for seven years and only now has he been put through a Chinese-style trial and condemned to death for drug smuggling, so I think it’s hard not to see it in the present context of diplomatic confrontation,” Monk told Australian Broadcasting Corp.“It’s spiteful, it’s vicious really,” he added.Gilespie’s family asked friends not to speculate on his case.“Our family is very saddened by the situation,” the family said in a statement. “We also request that friends and acquaintances of Karm refrain from speculating on his current circumstances, which we do not believe assists his case.”Gilespie has 10 days to appeal his sentence.Gilespie made occasional appearances as a character in the popular Australian television crime drama “Blue Healers” in the 1990s and toured the country performing a one-man stage show he wrote about Australian poet Banjo Paterson before reinventing himself as an entrepreneur and motivational speaker.Singapore-based business coach Roger J. Hamilton said on social media that Gilespie was a former student who had been tricked into smuggling drugs in handbags that he was t...

An investigation into the coronavirus pandemic has got the green light, how will it work and when will it begin? The Foreign Minister Marise Payne joins AM; Why did a Senate inquiry into family violence fail to take any submissions or hold any hearings? And pack your bags - New South Wales eases regional travel restrictions, bringing relief for struggling tourism operators.

An investigation into the coronavirus pandemic has got the green light, how will it work and when will it begin? The Foreign Minister Marise Payne joins AM; Why did a Senate inquiry into family violence fail to take any submissions or hold any hearings? And pack your bags - New South Wales eases regional travel restrictions, bringing relief for struggling tourism operators.

This week Allan and Darren devote the entire episode to a wild and very tense few weeks in the bilateral relationship between Australia and China. These events kicked off with Foreign Minister Marise Payne’s call for an inquiry into China’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, and snowballed from there, in particular with an interview conducted by China’s ambassador to Australia, duelling press releases from the Chinese embassy and DFAT, and interventions from mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest.   As always, we invite our listeners to email us at this address: australia.world.pod@gmail.com We welcome feedback, requests and suggestions. You can also contact Darren on twitter @limdarrenj We thank AIIA intern Maddie Gordon for her help with research and audio editing, XC Chong for research support, and Rory Stenning for composing our theme music. Relevant links ABC article covering FM Payne’s call for an inquiry: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-19/payne-calls-for-inquiry-china-handling-of-coronavirus-covid-19/12162968 SBS report on PM Morrison’s first comments: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australia-and-china-clash-over-independent-inquiry-into-coronavirus-pandemic Sydney Morning Herald report on PM Morrison talking to UN, Germany, France: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/morrison-pushes-for-global-review-into-handling-of-covid-19-20200421-p54lub.html Peter Hartcher column in the Sydney Morning Herald: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-week-australia-stood-up-to-china-and-global-giants-20200424-p54n3c.html Embassy of PRC in Australia, transcript of Ambassador Cheng’s interview with AFR: http://au.china-embassy.org/eng/sghdxwfb_1/t1773741.htm Report on the response from Marise Payne and Penny Wong: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/what-is-needed-is-global-cooperation-marise-payne-slaps-down-beijing-s-boycott-threat-20200427-p54njj.html   Darren’s analysis (co-authored with Victor Ferguson) on the ABC website covering the ambassador’s interview: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-29/china-boycott-diplomacy--coronavirus-comes-more-government/12194482   Trade Minister Simon Birmingham’s ABC interview transcript: https://www.trademinister.gov.au/minister/simon-birmingham/transcript/interview-abc-radio-canberra-am-sabra-lane-2 Embassy of PRC in Australia, response to media question regarding the Adamson phone call: http://au.china-embassy.org/eng/sghdxwfb_1/t1774089.htm   DFAT response: https://www.dfat.gov.au/news/media-release/dfat-statement-regarding-comments-embassy-peoples-republic-china   Article covering Kerry Stokes: https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/kerry-stokes-calls-for-china-backdown-urges-canberra-to-respect-wet-markets-20200430-p54ohj.html Albert Hirschman, National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade (1945): https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520301337/national-power-and-the-structure-of-foreign-trade Money Heist (Netflix): https://www.netflix.com/title/80192098 Dustin O’Halloran (composer of “Arrival”), Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_O%27Halloran Ramin Djawadi (composer of “Light of the Seven”), Podcast interview on Song Exploder: http://songexploder.net/ramin-djawadi

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the large numbers of Australians downloading a smartphone tracing app that was rolled out on Sunday, modeled on a Singapore version. A nursing home in Sydney is the site of one of the biggest outbreaks in the country, private schools pledge to reopen in defiance of premiers' instructions and China threatens sanctions against Australia after Foreign Minister Marise Payne announced Australia would push for an independent investigation into Covid's origins in Wuhan.

Covid-19 remains central to the news this week. Allan and Darren begin with President Trump’s decision to freeze U.S. funding to the World Health Organization, and assess the validity his criticisms. Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne has proposed an inquiry, but is there even an alternative? And does this case tell us anything new about great power rivalry and the future of the international order? Darren is curious to explore the concept of “mask diplomacy”, a term used to describe deliveries of equipment and supplies by China to other countries stricken by the coronavirus. How should we think about this form of statecraft, and how novel is it, really? In the final segment, Darren asks Allan to explain what’s behind a change in DFAT’s organisation chart, with many new senior positions being created as part of the whole-of-government response to Covid-19. Allan describes some of the many things the department is doing, and also weighs in on a (small) controversy regarding the recall of Australia’s ambassador to Indonesia. As always, we invite our listeners to email us at this address: australia.world.pod@gmail.com We welcome feedback, requests and suggestions. You can also contact Darren on twitter @limdarrenj We thank AIIA intern Maddie Gordon for her help with research and audio editing, XC Chong for research support, and Rory Stenning for composing our theme music. Relevant links Jeff Mason and Steve Holland, “Trump halts World Health Organization funding amid coronavirus pandemic”, Reuters, 15 April: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-who/trump-halts-world-health-organization-funding-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKCN21W34Y Brett Worthington, “Marise Payne calls for global inquiry into China's handling of the coronavirus outbreak”, ABC News, 19 April: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-19/payne-calls-for-inquiry-china-handling-of-coronavirus-covid-19/12162968 Geoff Raby, “Why the bell must toll for WHO chief Tedros”, Australian Financial Review, 17 April: https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/why-the-bell-must-toll-for-who-chief-tedros-20200417-p54kpe Alexander Downer, “China must be held to account for unleashing a global catastrophe”, Australian Financial Review, 19 April: https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/china-must-be-held-to-account-for-unleashing-a-global-catastrophe-20200419-p54l3o Allan Gyngell, “Australia in a post-Covid-19 world”, East Asia Forum, 29 March: https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/03/29/australia-in-a-post-covid-19-world/ Ilyana Kuziemko and Eric Werker, “How Much Is a Seat on the Security Council Worth? Foreign Aid and Bribery at the United Nations”, Journal of Political Economy 114(5) (2006), pp. 905-930: https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/kuziemko/files/kuziemko_werker.pdf Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Organisation Chart, April 2020: https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/dfat-org-chart-19-april.pdf Amanda Hodge, “Coronavirus: Canberra ‘condescending’ over withdrawal of ambassador to Indonesia”, The Australian, 16 April: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/canberra-condescending-over-withdrawal-of-ambassador-to-indonesia/news-story/282edc6f297cead2c78197fdfa07cf93 Peter Edwards, “Law, Politics and Intelligence: A life of Robert Hope”, NewSouth: https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/books/biography-robert-marsden-hope-qc/  Knives Out (film): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8946378/

Allan and Darren try something different this episode, with Allan taking the lead in asking Darren about his experience attending the Raisina Dialogue, India’s flagship international affairs conference, held in New Delhi from 14-16 January 2020, and organised the Observer Research Foundation. The conversation begins with an introduction to Raisina and comparisons with the Shangri-La Dialogue. Allan then asks Darren what his major takeaways were, starting with the current strategic debate in India. The conversation then moves to the often-fraught Sino-Indian relationship, before turning to the recent controversies inside India regarding the status of Muslims—how were these handled at the Dialogue?  From an Australian perspective, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was scheduled to give the keynote address, but had to cancel to remain in Australia to oversee the bushfire response. Nevertheless, Foreign Minister Marise Payne led a sizeable Australian contingent, and Darren offers some impressions regarding how Australian diplomats manage a foreign minister’s visit. Darren finishes with some personal reflections on the event and whether it changed his thinking. As always, we invite our listeners to email us at this address: australia.world.pod@gmail.com We welcome feedback, requests and suggestions. You can also contact Darren on twitter @limdarrenj Thanks to AIIA intern Isabel Hancock for research and audio editing and Rory Stenning for composing our theme music. Relevant links Observer Research Foundation, Raisina Dialogue homepage: https://www.orfonline.org/raisina-dialogue/ Videos of Raisina Dialogue 2020 Panels: Inaugural panel (including Stephen Harper): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZjUoIwDeTg Interview with Dr S. Jaishankar, Indian External Affairs Minister: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KufSx9RW-q0 Panel “Hacking Democracy: Defending Pluralism in the Digital Age” (including Stephen Harper and Marietje Schaake): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqtgZwwsGHY  Panel “Plural Waters: Strengthening Democracy in the Indo-Pacific” (including Ram Madhav, BJP General Secretary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byINgxdHSYc Final panel “Coalitions and Consensus: In Defense of Values that Matter” (including Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gotKrQTVKQ4     Interview with Javad Zarif, Iranian Foreign Minister: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHIqnQHvrXY PM Scott Morrison’s Message for Raisina Dialogue 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM023sUFvwg Darren Lim, “Scott Morrison wasn’t at the Raisina Dialogue, but his ideas were”, Lowy Interpreter, 29 January 2019: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/scott-morrison-wasn-t-raisina-dialogue-his-ideas-were

Allan and Darren kick off this week’s episode by covering a bad week for the United States’ Indo-Pacific strategy at the ASEAN and East Asia Summit meetings in Bangkok. Meanwhile Australia’s Defence Minister Linda Reynolds delivered a constructive speech in Washington DC setting out a vision for precisely what the United States ought to be doing. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement appears set to become a reality, albeit without the participation of India. Staying with India, it is reported that former NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell will become Australia’s next High Commissioner. In a speech in Sydney last week, Foreign Minister Marise Payne raised the plight of the Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang while discussing the threats posed by technology to human rights, and Beijing was not pleased; is any criticism of China’s human rights record compatible with a working bilateral relationship? Finally, the two catch up on the news from northern Syria, with Darren asking whether the Trump administration’s withdrawal of troops and abandonment of the Kurds will cause long term problems for America’s credibility. We invite our listeners to email us at this address: australia.world.pod@gmail.com We welcome feedback, requests and suggestions. You can also contact Darren on twitter @limdarrenj  We thank AIIA intern James Hayne for his help with research and audio editing, and XC Chong for research assistance. As always, we’re grateful to Rory Stenning for composing our theme music. Relevant links Aaron Connelly on the ASEAN Meetings (twitter): https://twitter.com/ConnellyAL/status/1191639856268509185 Linda Reynolds, “Keynote Address, Hudson Institute, Washington DC”, 2 November 2019: https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/lreynolds/transcripts/keynote-address-hudson-institute-washington-dc Ben Doherty, “Australia to join major Asia-Pacific trade deal RCEP but India holds out”, The Guardian, 4 November 2019: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/05/australia-to-join-major-asia-pacific-trade-deal-rcep-but-india-holds-out  Joe Aston, “Barry O’Farrell to be Australia’s next ambassador to India”, Australian Financial Review, 3 November 2019: www.afr.com/brand/rear-window/barry-o-farrell-to-be-australia-s-next-ambassador-to-india-20191103-p536yl?btis Marise Payne, “Ensuring security, enabling prosperity”, Speech at the United States Studies Centre, 29 October 2019: https://foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/Pages/2019/mp_sp_191029.aspx “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang's Regular Press Conference on October 30, 2019”: https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/2511_665403/t1712002.shtml Allan Gyngell, “From the bookshelf: ‘Meeting Saddam’s men: looking for Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction’”, ASPI Strategist, 6 November 2019: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/from-the-bookshelf-meeting-saddams-men-looking-for-iraqs-weapons-of-mass-destruction/ Adam Grant and Allison Sweet Grant, “Stop trying to raise successful kids”, The Atlantic, Decemer 2019: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/stop-trying-to-raise-successful-kids/600751/ The Ezra Klein Show, “The loneliness epidemic (Vivek Murthy)”, 10 October 2019: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/vox/the-ezra-klein-show/e/64496902

The People's Republic of China has celebrated 70 years of communist rule. The Australian Antifa community are campaigning for convicted murderer Jock Palfreeman to be freed from prison in Bulgaria. After reviewing the recent Trump, big tech and royal family news, our two resident experts return to WilmsFront on Wednesday night's episode. China expert Dave Lee and Antifa expert Lucas Rosas. The Chinese Communist Party celebrated its birthday with a military show in Tienanmen Square. President for Life Xi Jinping proclaimed at the Tienanmen gates that "no force can shake the status of this great nation". The pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong were eager to ruin the party, baiting local police into greater acts of brutality. They responded by shooting a protestor in the chest. Jock Palfreeman in Sofia, Bulgaria in December 2007 stabbed to death with his butter-knife local law student Andrei Monov, son of socialist MP Hristo Monox and injured Antoan Zahariev. Jock claimed he got involved because he saw these youths attempting to assault two Roma (Gypsy) men. Jock's story has never been corroborated, he had alcohol in his system and lied to police about who he was with that night. He was convicted of murder in 2008 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was initially denied parole but it was overturned by an appeal court. The Bulgarian prosecutor-general is appealing the parole to the Supreme Court. Local media and politicians have been outraged at Jock's potential release. Anarchist blogger slackbastard has been leading a campaign to have Jock released. He has sucked in the local media and Foreign Minister Marise Payne to bring a convicted murderer back to Australia to be welcomed as an Antifa hero. Wilms Front Links: Website: http://timwilms.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wilmsfront Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilmsfront Minds: https://www.minds.com/timwilms Gab: https://gab.com/timwilms Rational Rise TV: https://rationalrise.tv/ Support the Show: Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membership Donate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/ Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/theunsh... Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theunshackled Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackled Other Unshackled Productions: The Uncuckables: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDg6qZbQt68DJ4gmHWhOCuw Debt Nation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKKEHuAGzwVtIEIFW3cZOPg Affiliate Productions: The Rational Rise: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdEfsAy6rUDPnm9HwKA_asg Right Minds NZ: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFcFU3Qv9lKc9rHEIqWd6Dw Matty's Modern Life: https://www.youtube.com/user/mattus52 XYZ Live: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsVPqW6Mi0XP6hOXTE4sT6g Melbourne Traditionalists: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCREh4e70ZihL5dj0N_kyaaw Other Unshackled Links: Website: https://www.theunshackled.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackled Twitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackled Gab: https://gab.ai/theunshackled Telegram: https://t.me/theunshackled Minds: https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/theunshackled Music and Graphics by James Fox Higgins Voice Over By Morgan Munro

Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds have held bilateral talks with their United States counterparts in Sydney. - ماریس پین وزیر خارجه استرالیا و لیندا رینولدز وزیر دفاع این کشور هفته گذشته در سیدنی با همتاهای آمریکایی خود دیدار و گفتگو کردند.

A refugee soccer player who was detained in Thailand for three months under threat of extradition to Bahrain shook hands Thursday with Australia's prime minister, whom he credits with securing his freedom.Three days after he was released from a cramped Bangkok cell, Hakeem al-Araibi was welcomed into Prime Minister Scott Morrison's ornate office in Parliament House.Morrison and Foreign Minister Marise Payne had repeatedly lobbied the Thai and Bahrain governments on al-Araibi's behalf for his return to Australia where he is a permanent resident."Thank you very much. I'm so happy to be back in Australia now and I'm grateful to be here to live in this country," the 25-year-old said.Morrison said he was pleased al-Araibi had come home and looked forward to him soon becoming an Australian citizen.Al-Araibi had arrived in his home city of Melbourne on Tuesday on a flight from Bangkok where he had been detained since November following an extradition application from his native Bahrain.He came to Parliament House on Thursday morning to watch a soccer match played by lawmakers, supporters and stars of the Australian national women's team wearing the yellow uniform of Amnesty International and the blue of al-Arabi's Melbourne team Pascoe Vale Football Club.The former Bahrain national team player watched from the sidelines with the foreign minister, explaining that his hamstrings remained too tight after weeks in a crowded cell to play.The soccer match had been planned as a demonstration of support for al-Araibi when he faced indefinite detention. But instead, it became a celebration of his release.Former Australia national team captain Craig Foster had been a leader in the campaign for al-Araibi's release and played for Pascoe Vale on Thursday."We're all very worried about him," Foster said. "He's obviously riding on incredible adrenalin and elation. ""I would image ... in the next week or two or three, he's going to need some help. He's been through an incredible ordeal and I think that's exacerbated by the fact that he was a torture survivor previously," Foster added.Al-Araibi has said he was blindfolded and had his legs beaten while he was held in Bahrain previously. He said he believed he was targeted for arrest because of his Shiite faith and because his brother was politically active in Bahrain. Bahrain has a Shiite majority but is ruled by a Sunni monarchy.Bahrain wanted him to serve a 10-year prison sentence in an arson attack that damaged a police station. He has denied those charges and says the case is politically motivated.Al-Araibi was detained by mistake upon arrival in Bangkok on his honeymoon. Interpol rules do not allow refugees to be deported to the countries from where they fled persecution.He was released when Thai authorities shared a letter indicating that Bahrain had withdrawn its request for al-Araibi.Officials in Bahrain said the country "reaffirms its right to pursue all necessary legal actions against" al-Araibi.Al-Araibi says he fled Bahrain because of political repression and that he fears torture if he returns.

It has been a busy few weeks for international affairs, and this week Allan and Darren cover three pairs of issues. To begin, a pair of foreign policy speeches by PM Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Next, the two discuss Foreign Minister Marise Payne’s first visit to China, pairing that with the Australian government’s raft of new initiatives for engagement with the South Pacific, what Darren is (affectionately) terming the “South Pacific Pivot / Rebalance”. The conversation also takes a quick detour into the State of Victoria’s participation in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Finally, a pair of elections—the US midterms and a new President in Brazil.  As always, our thanks go to AIIA interns Stephanie Rowell and Mani Bovell, Martyn Pearce of the ANU’s Crawford School, Rory Stenning for composing our theme music, and AIIA CEO Melissa Conley-Tyler. Relevant links Scott Morrison’s speech at the Asia Society: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/keynote-address-asia-briefing-live-beliefs-guide-us Bill Shorten’s speech at the Lowy Institute: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/foreign-policy-next-labor-government Scott Morrison’s speech at Lavarack Barracks: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/address-australia-and-pacific-new-chapter Paul Krugman in Foreign Affairs, “Competiveness: A dangerous obsession” https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/1994-03-01/competitiveness-dangerous-obsession Ludovico Einaudi, “Divenire”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8SkX9CSJQo ANU School of Politics and International Relations: US Post-Midterm Election Roundtable (held on Monday 12 November): https://bit.ly/2qKmzwB

In this fifth episode of the podcast, Allan and Darren begin by describing their recent overseas trips—Allan to Beijing, and Darren to Seoul. The analysis of recent events opens with a focus on the recent leaders’ meetings at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. Donald Trump made the most headlines by bringing his “America First” doctrine to the heart of global multilateralism, and Darren asks about the extent to which we should attach any significance to this fact. The discussion turns to Australia, and our new Foreign Minister Marise Payne’s UNGA speech and its contrast with Trump. While she was in New York, Senator Payne also met with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, hopefully advancing the “reset” in bilateral relations that was kicked off by (former) Prime Minister Turnbull. Finally, Allan and Darren discuss New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s “baby diplomacy” in New York, and the genuine soft power success it represents. The discussion turns to the trade war between the US and China, which escalated in September with a fresh round of tariffs being imposed on both sides. Darren elects to play devil’s advocate, posing three arguments to Allan for why the trade war might actually be positive for Australia’s interests—one economic, one strategic, and one political. Allan dismisses each in turn! Finally, against the background of the recent earthquake and tsunami that has devastated the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and the city of Palu in particular, the discussion briefly takes stock of the current state of the Australian aid program, given the downgrading of the portfolio from a ministerial position—the new Assistant Minister is Senator Anne Ruston. As always, our thanks go to AIIA interns Stephanie Rowell and Mani Bovell, Martyn Pearce of the ANU’s Crawford School, Rory Stenning for composing our theme music, and AIIA CEO Melissa Conley-Tyler.