The opposition’s foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham says reports the prime minister declined an invitation to attend a NATO security summit risks “weakening key Australian partnerships”.
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong didn’t comment on the decision when she spoke on Nine’sForeign Minister Penny Wong announce the Chinese were reviewing the ban on Australian barley.The foreign minister also spoke about China’s decision to“We think it’s a good thing that China has offered to speed up its review of these tariffs, of these duties on Australian barley. And in return for that, we have suspended our current dispute before the World Trade Organisation,” Wong said this morning.
Australian Electoral commissioner Tom Rogers says 6.4 million enrolled voters in Australia never voted in a referendum.“The topic of the referendum is for others to debate but when it comes to the process, we’ll be running it, and we’re here to help inform Australian voters and answer any questions they might have,” commissioner Tom Rogers said today.
A range of educative resources, including AEC TV videos, animations, graphics and fact sheets, will be distributed to help Australian voters understand the role of a referendum.Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military have killed as many as 100 people – including many children – who were attending a ceremony held by opponents of army rule, said a witness, a member of a local pro-democracy group and independent media.
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