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Stern Hu to take 10 in China

by Adeline Teoh   Fri, 9 April 2010 4:41 pm   Comments Off
Australian Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu will not appeal against his 10-year sentence , which was handed down to him in a Chinese court last month. Hu was sentenced...

Australia to give $9 million more to Haiti

by Adeline Teoh   Wed, 7 April 2010 6:09 pm   Comments Off
Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith has announced a further $9 million to go towards the reconstruction of Haiti, which was struck by an earthquake on January...

Indian students fuel Foreign Minister’s visit

by Adeline Teoh   Tue, 2 March 2010 8:06 am   Comments Off
Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith will be in India until this Thursday to reassure the Indian government that the Federal Government is taking Indian student...

China answers Google exit threat

by Adeline Teoh   Mon, 18 January 2010 8:59 am   Comments Off
Google’s proposal to pull out of China after evidence of hacking has earned a response by China’s Commerce Ministry, after the issue threatened to affect...

China to set trial date for Rio Tinto exec

by Adeline Teoh   Tue, 12 January 2010 2:27 pm   Comments Off
China is expected to set a date for the trial of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu this week. Australian citizen Hu was arrested on July 5, 2009 and charged with commercial...

Australia offers assistance to Fiji flood victims

by Jessica Stanic   Mon, 21 December 2009 11:40 am   Comments Off
Australia will provide $100,000 in assistance to Fiji for the adverse consequences of the impact of Cyclone Mick, which caused significant damage to Fiji’s main...

Govt supports NGOs for overseas aid

by Jessica Stanic   Thu, 17 December 2009 1:25 pm   Comments Off
Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith, this week announced plans to provide a further $28 million over two years to non-government organisations (NGOs) as...

Foreign minister visits Korea

by Adeline Teoh   Tue, 15 December 2009 11:03 am   Comments Off
Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith is in Korea today and tomorrow to meet with his Korean counterpart Yu Myung-hwan, Prime Minister Dr Chung Un-chan and...

Australia, Sri Lanka combat people smuggling

by Adeline Teoh   Thu, 12 November 2009 10:35 am   Comments Off
A visit to Sri Lanka by Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith earlier this week has resulted in both countries pledging to combat people smuggling, the financing...

Free trade on the table at APEC Singapore

by Adeline Teoh   Wed, 11 November 2009 10:41 am   Comments Off
Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith and Minister for Trade Simon Crean are in attendance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting...
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