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May 25, 2021

Australia is pursuing a more Indigenous‑focused foreign policy. But does it miss the bigger picture?

Indigenous people have 80,000 years of diplomatic practice on this continent. Yet, our views on foreign policy are routinely overlooked.

Iranian state television reports the release of Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert. Iranian State Television via AP/AAP

November 30, 2020

Kylie Moore‑Gilbert is one of hundreds of victims of state attacks on academic freedom

Mubashar Hasan, Western Sydney University

Academic freedom is under assault around the world. Academics and students are being killed, injured, detained and disappeared in a pattern of disturbing increases in state repression.

The (all male) members of the commission of the League of Nations. For Australia, the League’s establishment marked the beginning of our independence on the global stage. Wikimedia Commons

January 9, 2020

The League of Nations was formed 100 years ago today. Meet the Australian women who lobbied to join it

Yves Rees, La Trobe University

The League of Nations was established 100 years ago today. This precursor to the United Nations was dominated by men but many Australian women worked hard to gain a voice there.

Frances Adamson (left) pictured while Australian Ambassador to China in 2015. DFAT

July 20, 2016

Former ambassador to China to be new Foreign Affairs department head

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

Career diplomat Frances Adamson, presently international adviser to Malcolm Turnbull, will be the new secretary of the Foreign Affairs department.

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