News Source: The Australian
| about 1 year ago
Afghanistan, but Australia is not planning to send more combat troops, the Government says. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said today the Government would take a new approach to Australia's involvement in Afghanistan, but that does not include any...
News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| about 1 year ago
Australia : A new security pact between Australia and Indonesia came into force Thursday at a ceremony in Perth attended by the foreign ministers of the at-times testy neighbours. Known as the Lombok Treaty, the agreement replaces an earlier pact...
News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| about 1 year ago
Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- A new security pact between Australia and Indonesia went into force on Thursday, marked by a ceremony attended by the foreign ministers of both countries. The formalities for the 2006 security pact, known as Lombok Treaty, was...
News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| about 1 year ago
Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith condemned on Saturday a terrorist attack in Iraq as "utterly contemptible." More than 70 people were reported dead after the Iraqi militants used two mentally disabled women as suicide...
News Source: United Press International
| about 1 year ago
Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The new Australian government will pull its 550 combat troops out of Iraq by the middle of the year, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said. Smith made the announcement after spending several days in Washington meeting with U.S. Vice...
News Source: Voice of America
| about 1 year ago
Download (MP3) Mercer report - Listen (MP3) Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has made his first official trip to Washington to meet U.S...During his visit, Smith made clear that the new Australian government will go ahead with its plan to...