Gareth Evans
‘Impossibly flawed’: Veteran foreign ministers sound alarm on Australia joining Trump’s peace board
Two long-serving foreign ministers have cautioned Anthony Albanese against accepting Donald Trump’s invitation to serve on his new Board of Peace.
- Matthew Knott
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- Exclusive
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Former Israeli PM slams ‘lip service’ Palestine call as Labor division mounts
A former Israeli PM has dismissed Australia’s move to recognise Palestine as populist symbolism, but the Albanese government is facing growing calls to impose further sanctions.
- Matthew Knott and Paul Sakkal
- Political Sketch
- Political leadership
Call that a political defection? Here are the deserters for the ages
Political defections are in the news – Jacinta Price and Dorinda Cox the most recent examples – but the recent crop pale in comparison to the grand champions of political absconding.
- Tony Wright
Reconsider AUKUS, say former Labor foreign ministers
The government is insisting Kevin Rudd will stay on as Australia’s ambassador to Washington despite his past criticism of Donald Trump.
- David Crowe
- Exclusive
- Political leadership
Albanese’s small-target strategy, Voice ‘disaster’ risk Labor’s future: party elder
Kim Carr has joined other Labor luminaries in warning about the party’s prospects but does not want it to follow the Greens into “woke” policies.
- Paul Sakkal
- Opinion
- Democracy
We’re welcoming a ‘reformer’ PM, but it’s his despot dad who calls the shots
Targeted sanctions should be used to put pressure on Cambodia’s human rights violators, especially those powerful figures who hold assets in Australia.
- Gareth Evans and Gordon Conochie
- Tony Wright’s Column
- High Court of Australia
Anatomy of a scandal: A top judge, secret police tapes and reporters under fire
The story behind the story of an extraordinary investigation that pointed to a web of influence at the highest levels of our political and legal systems.
- Tony Wright
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Carnage triggered by Hamas’ barbaric attacks is setting a new test for Labor
Inside Labor, Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong are walking a tightrope as calibrating a unified response to the growing conflagration in the Middle East is proving more fraught.
- Deborah Snow
- Opinion
- National security
Australia only digging deeper hole by pursuing East Timor spying case
The Bernard Collaery bugging case should at the very least be heard in open court, if not, abandoned all together.
- Gareth Evans
- Exclusive
- Myanmar coup
Deal with junta may be needed to avoid ‘Syrian-style bloodbath’, says Evans
Former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans, who played a central role in peace negotiations with the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, has told the Myanmar democracy movement they may have to compromise.
- Chris Barrett